A Reign of Rust and Water: In a dying world, the deadliest weapon is the woman who controls the water.: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Salted Throne series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Reign of Rust and Water: In a dying world, the deadliest weapon is the woman who controls the water. runs 10.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Joseph Pepe (about 6.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 21 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
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What our data says
- At 10.2 hours, it runs longer than 62% of the 12,109 Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Salted Throne
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 29.5 hours in all.
More narrated by Joseph Pepe
Joseph Pepe narrates 24 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 207 hours in all.
- The Anchor’s Debt: In a world where suffering is currency, she just mortgaged her soul.
- The Shattered Ghost: To repair her shattered mind, he must risk his own soul.
- The Flaw in the Machine: When justice is a rigged algorithm, the only morality left is treason.
- A Willing Instrument: When the law demands a lie, the truth becomes a death sentence.
- The Finest Liar: A dark fantasy of political intrigue, blood magic, and the devastating cost of survival.
About as long, on the Fantasy shelf
1,934 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 Reign of Rust and Water: In a dying world, the deadliest weapon is the woman who controls the water. is book 1 of Joseph Pepe's Salted Throne series: a 10.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Joseph Pepe, released March 14, 2026, on the Fantasy and Romantasy (Romance) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Joseph Pepe
- Released
- March 14, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Fantasy, Romantasy (Romance), Epic Fantasy
- Series
- The Salted Throne #1
- ISBN
- 9798240087387
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Reign of Rust and Water: In a dying world, the deadliest weapon is the woman who controls the water. as an audiobook?
A Reign of Rust and Water: In a dying world, the deadliest weapon is the woman who controls the water. runs 10.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.8 hours.
Is A Reign of Rust and Water: In a dying world, the deadliest weapon is the woman who controls the water. free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates A Reign of Rust and Water: In a dying world, the deadliest weapon is the woman who controls the water.?
A Reign of Rust and Water: In a dying world, the deadliest weapon is the woman who controls the water. is narrated by Joseph Pepe.
Is A Reign of Rust and Water: In a dying world, the deadliest weapon is the woman who controls the water. worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.8 hours, saving 3.4 hours.