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Wellspring of Chaos by L. E. Modesitt Jr.

Wellspring of Chaos: Audiobook

Book 12 of the Saga of Recluce series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Wellspring of Chaos audiobook runs 16.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Kirby Heyborne (about 10.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

16.4listening hrs
Epic Fantasystore shelf
2014released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 16.4 hours of listening.

Days to finish Wellspring of Chaos at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day33 days
1 hour / day17 days
2 hours / day9 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×11 days

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

What our data says

  • At 16.4 hours, it runs longer than 72% of the 4,887 Epic Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Saga of Recluce

This is book 12. Books 1 to 11 run 249.6 hours before it; books 1 to 25 run 562.2 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1The Magic of Recluce19.3 hrs
2The Towers of the Sunset18.3 hrs
3The Magic Engineer24.5 hrs
4The Order War23 hrs
5The Death of Chaos26 hrs
6Fall of Angels22 hrs
7The Chaos Balance23 hrs
8The White Order17.2 hrs
9Colors of Chaos30.2 hrs
10Magi'i of Cyador20.1 hrs
11Scion of Cyador26 hrs
12Wellspring of Chaos16.4 hrs

About as long, on the Epic Fantasy shelf

711 Epic Fantasy 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

Wellspring of Chaos is book 12 of L. E. Modesitt Jr.'s Saga of Recluce series: a 16.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Kirby Heyborne, released July 15, 2014, on the Epic Fantasy shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
16.4 hrs
Narrated by
Kirby Heyborne
Released
July 15, 2014
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Epic Fantasy
Series
Saga of Recluce #12
ISBN
9781452686882

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Wellspring of Chaos audiobook?

Wellspring of Chaos runs 16.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.9 hours.

Is the Wellspring of Chaos audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Wellspring of Chaos?

Wellspring of Chaos is narrated by Kirby Heyborne.

Is Wellspring of Chaos worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.9 hours, saving 5.5 hours.