The Soldier: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Rise of the Jain series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Soldier runs 15.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by David Marantz (about 10.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 15.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 32 days |
| 1 hour / day | 16 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 11 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 15.7 hours, it runs longer than 90% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Rise of the Jain
This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 31.4 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Soldier | 15.7 hrs |
| 2 | The Warship | 15.7 hrs |
More narrated by David Marantz
David Marantz narrates 84 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 797 hours in all.
About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf
956 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Other recordings
- The 2018 recording read by Peter Noble runs 0.7 hours longer (16.4 hours).
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 Soldier is book 1 of Neal Asher's Rise of the Jain series: a 15.7-hour unabridged recording, read by David Marantz, released May 15, 2018, on the Science Fiction and Space Opera shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 15.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- David Marantz
- Released
- May 15, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Science Fiction, Space Opera
- Series
- The Rise of the Jain #1
- ISBN
- 9781543680263
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Soldier as an audiobook?
The Soldier runs 15.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.5 hours.
Is The Soldier free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Soldier?
The Soldier is narrated by David Marantz.
Is The Soldier worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.5 hours, saving 5.2 hours.