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The Tower by Simon Toyne

The Tower: Audiobook

Book 3 of the Ruin series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Tower runs 12.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Simon Vance (about 8.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

12.7listening hrs
Psychologicalstore shelf
2013released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 12.7 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Tower at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day26 days
1 hour / day13 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

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

What our data says

  • At 12.7 hours, it runs longer than 90% of the 6,732 Psychological audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Psychological shelf

959 Psychological audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

Other recordings

  • The 2013 recording read by Jonathan Keeble runs 1.6 hours longer (14.3 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 Tower is book 3 of Simon Toyne's Ruin series: a 12.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Simon Vance, released June 11, 2013, on the Psychological shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
12.7 hrs
Narrated by
Simon Vance
Released
June 11, 2013
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Psychological
Series
Ruin Trilogy #3
ISBN
9780062263247

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Tower as an audiobook?

The Tower runs 12.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.5 hours.

Is The Tower free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Tower?

The Tower is narrated by Simon Vance.

Is The Tower worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.5 hours, saving 4.2 hours.