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Time Spike by Marilyn Kosmatka, Eric Flint

Time Spike: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Assiti Shards/Ring of Fire series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Time Spike audiobook runs 17.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Graham Winton (about 11.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

17.5listening hrs
Science Fictionstore shelf
2019released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 17.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish Time Spike at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day35 days
1 hour / day18 days
2 hours / day9 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×12 days

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

What our data says

  • At 17.5 hours, it runs longer than 93% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Assiti Shards/Ring of Fire

This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 32.5 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Time Spike17.5 hrs
2The Alexander Inheritance15 hrs

About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf

688 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

Time Spike is book 1 of Marilyn Kosmatka's Assiti Shards/Ring of Fire series: a 17.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Graham Winton, released December 24, 2019, on the Science Fiction and Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy) shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
17.5 hrs
Narrated by
Graham Winton
Released
December 24, 2019
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Science Fiction, Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
Series
Assiti Shards/Ring of Fire #1
ISBN
9781980049654

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Time Spike audiobook?

Time Spike runs 17.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.6 hours.

Is the Time Spike audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Time Spike?

Time Spike is narrated by Graham Winton.

Is Time Spike worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.6 hours, saving 5.8 hours.