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The Severed Tower by J. Barton Mitchell

The Severed Tower: Audiobook

Book 2 of the Conquered Earth series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Severed Tower runs 16.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Kirby Heyborne (about 11.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

16.7listening hrs
Science Fictionstore shelf
2013released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 16.7 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Severed Tower at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day34 days
1 hour / day17 days
2 hours / day9 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×12 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 16.7 hours, it runs longer than 92% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on The Conquered Earth Series

This is book 2. Book 1 runs 15.5 hours before it; books 1 to 2 run 32.3 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Midnight City15.5 hrs
2The Severed Tower16.7 hrs

About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf

790 Science Fiction 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 Severed Tower is book 2 of J. Barton Mitchell's Conquered Earth series: a 16.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Kirby Heyborne, released November 19, 2013, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) and Science Fiction shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
16.7 hrs
Narrated by
Kirby Heyborne
Released
November 19, 2013
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Action & Adventure (Fiction), Science Fiction
Series
The Conquered Earth Series #2
ISBN
9781483062037

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Severed Tower as an audiobook?

The Severed Tower runs 16.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.2 hours.

Is The Severed Tower free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates The Severed Tower?

The Severed Tower is narrated by Kirby Heyborne.

Is The Severed Tower worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.2 hours, saving 5.6 hours.