The Scourge of God: Audiobook
Book 5 of the Emberverse series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Scourge of God runs 19 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Todd McLaren (about 12.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 19 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 38 days |
| 1 hour / day | 19 days |
| 2 hours / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 13 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 19 hours, it runs longer than 97% of the 11,102 Drama audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Emberverse
This is book 5. Books 1 to 4 run 87 hours before it; books 1 to 14 run 268.5 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dies the Fire | 22 hrs |
| 2 | The Protector's War | 22.5 hrs |
| 3 | A Meeting at Corvallis | 23.5 hrs |
| 4 | The Sunrise Lands | 19 hrs |
| 5 | The Scourge of God | 19 hrs |
| 6 | The Sword of the Lady | 21.5 hrs |
| 7 | The High King of Montival | 16.3 hrs |
| 8 | The Tears of the Sun | 23 hrs |
| 9 | Lord of Mountains | 12.9 hrs |
| 10 | The Given Sacrifice | 14.9 hrs |
| 11 | The Golden Princess | 18.4 hrs |
| 12 | The Desert and the Blade | 26.2 hrs |
More narrated by Todd McLaren
Todd McLaren narrates 191 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,238 hours in all.
About as long, on the Drama shelf
244 Drama audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Scourge of God is book 5 of S.M. Stirling's Emberverse series: a 19-hour unabridged recording, read by Todd McLaren, released October 13, 2008, on the Drama and Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 19 hrs
- Narrated by
- Todd McLaren
- Released
- October 13, 2008
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Drama, Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
- Series
- Emberverse #5
- ISBN
- 9781400176823
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Scourge of God as an audiobook?
The Scourge of God runs 19 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 12.7 hours.
Is The Scourge of God free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Scourge of God?
The Scourge of God is narrated by Todd McLaren.
Is The Scourge of God worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 12.7 hours, saving 6.3 hours.