A Dance of Blades: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Shadowdance series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Dance of Blades runs 13 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Elijah Alexander (about 8.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 13 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 26 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 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 13 hours, it runs longer than 55% of the 1,909 Epic Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Elijah Alexander
Elijah Alexander narrates 18 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 219 hours in all.
- Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History
- A Dance of Shadows
- A Dance of Chaos
- Spartans at the Gates: Book II of the Warrior Trilogy
- I Had to Survive: How a Plane Crash in the Andes Inspired My Calling to Save Lives
About as long, on the Epic Fantasy shelf
319 Epic Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
A Dance of Blades is book 2 of David Dalglish's Shadowdance series: a 13-hour unabridged recording, read by Elijah Alexander, released November 5, 2013, on the Epic Fantasy and Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13 hrs
- Narrated by
- Elijah Alexander
- Released
- November 5, 2013
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Epic Fantasy, Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
- Series
- Shadowdance #2
- ISBN
- 9781478979098
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Dance of Blades as an audiobook?
A Dance of Blades runs 13 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.7 hours.
Is A Dance of Blades free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Dance of Blades?
A Dance of Blades is narrated by Elijah Alexander.
Is A Dance of Blades worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.7 hours, saving 4.3 hours.