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A Time of Exile by Katharine Kerr

A Time of Exile: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Westlands series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Time of Exile runs 14.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Ruth Urquhart (about 9.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

14.9listening hrs
Epic Fantasystore shelf
2022released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 14.9 hours of listening.

Days to finish A Time of Exile at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day30 days
1 hour / day15 days
2 hours / day8 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×10 days

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What our data says

  • At 14.9 hours, it runs longer than 65% of the 4,887 Epic Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Westlands

This is book 1. Books 1 to 4 run 59.4 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1A Time of Exile14.9 hrs
2A Time of Omens14.4 hrs
3Days of Blood and Fire15.5 hrs
4Days of Air and Darkness14.6 hrs

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 Time of Exile is book 1 of Katharine Kerr's Westlands series: a 14.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Ruth Urquhart, released June 7, 2022, on the Epic Fantasy shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
14.9 hrs
Narrated by
Ruth Urquhart
Released
June 7, 2022
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Epic Fantasy
Series
Westlands #1
ISBN
9798765016206

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Questions listeners ask

How long is A Time of Exile as an audiobook?

A Time of Exile runs 14.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.9 hours.

Is A Time of Exile free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates A Time of Exile?

A Time of Exile is narrated by Ruth Urquhart.

Is A Time of Exile worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.9 hours, saving 5 hours.