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A Kingdom of Shadows by Emily Bain Murphy

A Kingdom of Shadows: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Lightseekers series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Kingdom of Shadows runs 9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Jon Eric Preston (about 6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9listening hrs
Non-fiction (Kids)store shelf
2026released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 9 hours of listening.

Days to finish A Kingdom of Shadows at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day18 days
1 hour / day9 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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

What our data says

  • At 9 hours, it runs longer than 96% of the 14,091 Non-fiction (Kids) audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Non-fiction (Kids) shelf

560 Non-fiction (Kids) 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 Kingdom of Shadows is book 1 of Emily Bain Murphy's Lightseekers series: a 9-hour unabridged recording, read by Jon Eric Preston, released March 3, 2026, on the Non-fiction (Kids) and Mystery & Fantasy shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
9 hrs
Narrated by
Jon Eric Preston
Released
March 3, 2026
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Non-fiction (Kids), Mystery & Fantasy
Series
Lightseekers #1
ISBN
9798217407897

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Questions listeners ask

How long is A Kingdom of Shadows as an audiobook?

A Kingdom of Shadows runs 9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6 hours.

Is A Kingdom of Shadows free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates A Kingdom of Shadows?

A Kingdom of Shadows is narrated by Jon Eric Preston.