Under the Empyrean Sky: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Heartland series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Under the Empyrean Sky audiobook runs 7.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Nick Podehl (about 5.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 7.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 16 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 7.6 hours, it is shorter than 71% of the 5,647 Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Heartland Trilogy
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 31.5 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Under the Empyrean Sky | 7.6 hrs |
| 2 | Blightborn | 12.8 hrs |
| 3 | The Harvest | 11.1 hrs |
More narrated by Nick Podehl
Nick Podehl narrates 268 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,376 hours in all.
- The Name of the Wind
- The Wise Man's Fear
- Black Hills
- This Book is Full of Spiders: Seriously, Dude, Don't Touch It
- The Beginning of the End
About as long, on the Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal shelf
770 Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal 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
Under the Empyrean Sky is book 1 of Chuck Wendig's Heartland series: a 7.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Nick Podehl, released September 3, 2013, on the Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Nick Podehl
- Released
- September 3, 2013
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal
- Series
- The Heartland Trilogy #1
- ISBN
- 9781480544963
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Under the Empyrean Sky audiobook?
Under the Empyrean Sky runs 7.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.1 hours.
Is the Under the Empyrean Sky audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Under the Empyrean Sky?
Under the Empyrean Sky is narrated by Nick Podehl.