The Wastes: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Underdog series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Wastes runs 8.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Derek Shoales (about 5.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 18 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 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 8.8 hours, it runs longer than 51% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Underdog
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 10.2 hours before it; books 1 to 8 run 77.3 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dungeons of the Crooked Mountains | 10.2 hrs |
| 2 | The Wastes | 8.8 hrs |
| 3 | The Dark Continent | 8.2 hrs |
| 4 | The Otherworld | 9.1 hrs |
| 5 | Labyrinth of Fright | 9.2 hrs |
| 6 | Showdown | 8.7 hrs |
| 7 | Arbiter | 9.2 hrs |
| 8 | Renegade | 13.8 hrs |
More narrated by Derek Shoales
Derek Shoales narrates 106 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 997 hours in all.
About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf
1,972 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 Wastes is book 2 of Alexey Osadchuk's Underdog series: a 8.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Derek Shoales, released March 10, 2020, on the Science Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Derek Shoales
- Released
- March 10, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Science Fiction
- Series
- Underdog #2
- ISBN
- 9781515948032
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Wastes as an audiobook?
The Wastes runs 8.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.9 hours.
Is The Wastes free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Wastes?
The Wastes is narrated by Derek Shoales.