A Shadow Bright and Burning (Kingdom on Fire, Book One): Audiobook
Book 1 of the Kingdom on Fire series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Shadow Bright and Burning (Kingdom on Fire, Book One) runs 12.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Fiona Hardingham (about 8.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.8 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 12.8 hours, it runs longer than 82% of the 5,647 Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Kingdom on Fire
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 37.7 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Shadow Bright and Burning (Kingdom on Fire, Book One) | 12.8 hrs |
| 2 | A Poison Dark and Drowning (Kingdom on Fire, Book Two) | 13.1 hrs |
| 3 | A Sorrow Fierce and Falling (Kingdom on Fire, Book Three) | 11.8 hrs |
More narrated by Fiona Hardingham
Fiona Hardingham narrates 284 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,122 hours in all.
About as long, on the Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal shelf
978 Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal 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 Shadow Bright and Burning (Kingdom on Fire, Book One) is book 1 of Jessica Cluess's Kingdom on Fire series: a 12.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Fiona Hardingham, released September 20, 2016, on the Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal and Romance (Teen & YA) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Fiona Hardingham
- Released
- September 20, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal, Romance (Teen & YA), Action & Adventure (Teen & YA)
- Series
- Kingdom on Fire #1
- ISBN
- 9780399569159
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Shadow Bright and Burning (Kingdom on Fire, Book One) as an audiobook?
A Shadow Bright and Burning (Kingdom on Fire, Book One) runs 12.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.5 hours.
Is A Shadow Bright and Burning (Kingdom on Fire, Book One) free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Shadow Bright and Burning (Kingdom on Fire, Book One)?
A Shadow Bright and Burning (Kingdom on Fire, Book One) is narrated by Fiona Hardingham.
Is A Shadow Bright and Burning (Kingdom on Fire, Book One) worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.5 hours, saving 4.3 hours.