The Ships of Air: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Fall of Ile-Rien series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Ships of Air runs 19.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Talmadge Ragan (about 13.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 19.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 40 days |
| 1 hour / day | 20 days |
| 2 hours / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 14 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 19.7 hours, it runs longer than 95% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Fall of Ile-Rien
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 18 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 56.8 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Wizard Hunters | 18 hrs |
| 2 | The Ships of Air | 19.7 hrs |
| 3 | The Gate of Gods | 19.2 hrs |
More narrated by Talmadge Ragan
Talmadge Ragan narrates 21 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 197 hours in all.
About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf
468 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 Ships of Air is book 2 of Martha Wells's Fall of Ile-Rien series: a 19.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Talmadge Ragan, released November 4, 2013, on the Science Fiction and Fantasy shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 19.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Talmadge Ragan
- Released
- November 4, 2013
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Science Fiction, Fantasy, Fiction
- Series
- Fall of Ile-Rien #2
- ISBN
- 9781452686363
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Ships of Air as an audiobook?
The Ships of Air runs 19.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 13.1 hours.
Is The Ships of Air free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Ships of Air?
The Ships of Air is narrated by Talmadge Ragan.
Is The Ships of Air worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 13.1 hours, saving 6.6 hours.