A Ballad of Beasts and Brothers: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Shadow and Starlight series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Ballad of Beasts and Brothers runs 14.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Gideon Frost and Stefanie Kay (about 9.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 14.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 30 days |
| 1 hour / day | 15 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 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 14.7 hours, it runs longer than 86% of the 12,109 Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Shadow and Starlight
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 9.2 hours before it; books 1 to 2 run 23.9 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Song of Shadow and Starlight | 9.2 hrs |
| 2 | A Ballad of Beasts and Brothers | 14.7 hrs |
More narrated by Gideon Frost
Gideon Frost narrates 142 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,510 hours in all.
About as long, on the Fantasy shelf
1,026 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
A Ballad of Beasts and Brothers is book 2 of Morgan Gauthier's Shadow and Starlight series: a 14.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Gideon Frost and Stefanie Kay, released January 19, 2026, on the Fantasy and Romantasy (Romance) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 14.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Gideon Frost, Stefanie Kay
- Released
- January 19, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Fantasy, Romantasy (Romance), Epic Fantasy
- Series
- Shadow and Starlight #2
- ISBN
- 9798331922580
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Ballad of Beasts and Brothers as an audiobook?
A Ballad of Beasts and Brothers runs 14.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.8 hours.
Is A Ballad of Beasts and Brothers free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Ballad of Beasts and Brothers?
A Ballad of Beasts and Brothers is narrated by Gideon Frost and Stefanie Kay.
Is A Ballad of Beasts and Brothers worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.8 hours, saving 4.9 hours.