A Heart of Blood and Ashes: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Gathering of Dragons series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Heart of Blood and Ashes runs 15.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Nicole Poole (about 10.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 15.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 31 days |
| 1 hour / day | 16 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 11 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 15.3 hours, it runs longer than 88% of the 7,781 Romantasy (Romance) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Gathering of Dragons
This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 27.6 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Heart of Blood and Ashes | 15.3 hrs |
| 2 | A Touch of Stone and Snow | 12.3 hrs |
More narrated by Nicole Poole
Nicole Poole narrates 195 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,972 hours in all.
About as long, on the Romantasy (Romance) shelf
751 Romantasy (Romance) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- A Court of Thorns and Roses
- The Awakening: The Dragon Heart Legacy, Book 1
- A Court This Cruel and Lovely
- The Choice: The Dragon Heart Legacy, Book 3
- Two Twisted Crowns
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 Heart of Blood and Ashes is book 1 of Milla Vane's Gathering of Dragons series: a 15.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Nicole Poole, released February 4, 2020, on the Romantasy (Romance) and Romantasy (Science Fiction & Fantasy) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 15.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Nicole Poole
- Released
- February 4, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Romantasy (Romance), Romantasy (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
- Series
- Gathering of Dragons #1
- ISBN
- 9781541440487
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Heart of Blood and Ashes as an audiobook?
A Heart of Blood and Ashes runs 15.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.2 hours.
Is A Heart of Blood and Ashes free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Heart of Blood and Ashes?
A Heart of Blood and Ashes is narrated by Nicole Poole.
Is A Heart of Blood and Ashes worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.2 hours, saving 5.1 hours.