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A Sea of Troubles by David Donachie

A Sea of Troubles: Audiobook

Book 9 of the John Pearce series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Sea of Troubles runs 8.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Peter Wickham (about 5.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

8.8listening hrs
Action & Adventure (Fiction)store shelf
2013released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 8.8 hours of listening.

Days to finish A Sea of Troubles 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

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What our data says

  • At 8.8 hours, it runs longer than 50% of the 6,730 Action & Adventure (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) shelf

1,063 Action & Adventure (Fiction) 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 Sea of Troubles is book 9 of David Donachie's John Pearce series: a 8.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Peter Wickham, released April 1, 2013, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
8.8 hrs
Narrated by
Peter Wickham
Released
April 1, 2013
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Action & Adventure (Fiction)
Series
John Pearce #9
ISBN
9781407929781

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Questions listeners ask

How long is A Sea of Troubles as an audiobook?

A Sea of Troubles runs 8.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.8 hours.

Is A Sea of Troubles free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates A Sea of Troubles?

A Sea of Troubles is narrated by Peter Wickham.