A Taint in the Blood: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Shadowspawn series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Taint in the Blood runs 13.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Todd McLaren (about 9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 13.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 28 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 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 13.6 hours, it runs longer than 82% of the 12,109 Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Shadowspawn
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 38.9 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Taint in the Blood | 13.6 hrs |
| 2 | The Council of Shadows | 12.1 hrs |
| 3 | Shadows of Falling Night | 13.3 hrs |
More narrated by Todd McLaren
Todd McLaren narrates 191 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,238 hours in all.
About as long, on the Fantasy shelf
1,242 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 Taint in the Blood is book 1 of S.M. Stirling's Shadowspawn series: a 13.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Todd McLaren, released May 17, 2010, on the Fantasy and Horror shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Todd McLaren
- Released
- May 17, 2010
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Fantasy, Horror
- Series
- Shadowspawn #1
- ISBN
- 9781400184545
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Taint in the Blood as an audiobook?
A Taint in the Blood runs 13.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9 hours.
Is A Taint in the Blood free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Taint in the Blood?
A Taint in the Blood is narrated by Todd McLaren.
Is A Taint in the Blood worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9 hours, saving 4.5 hours.