The Vital Abyss: An Expanse Novella: Audiobook
Book 5.5 of the Expanse series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Vital Abyss: An Expanse Novella runs 2.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Jefferson Mays (about 1.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 2.5 hours of listening.
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| 30 min / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day | 3 days |
| 2 hours / day | 2 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 2 days |
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What our data says
- At 2.5 hours, it is shorter than 86% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Jefferson Mays
Jefferson Mays narrates 98 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,070 hours in all.
About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf
260 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 Vital Abyss: An Expanse Novella is book 5.5 of James S.A. Corey's Expanse series: a 2.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Jefferson Mays, released October 15, 2015, on the Science Fiction and Space Opera shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 2.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Jefferson Mays
- Released
- October 15, 2015
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Science Fiction, Space Opera
- Series
- The Expanse #5.5
- ISBN
- 9781478964247
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Vital Abyss: An Expanse Novella as an audiobook?
The Vital Abyss: An Expanse Novella runs 2.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 1.7 hours.
Is The Vital Abyss: An Expanse Novella free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Vital Abyss: An Expanse Novella?
The Vital Abyss: An Expanse Novella is narrated by Jefferson Mays.