A Twist of the Blade: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Shadows and Crowns series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Twist of the Blade runs 15.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Jesse Vilinsky (about 10.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 15.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 31 days |
| 1 hour / day | 16 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 11 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 15.4 hours, it runs longer than 92% of the 5,647 Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Shadows and Crowns
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 14.7 hours before it; books 1 to 5 run 76.3 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Song of the Marked | 14.7 hrs |
| 2 | A Twist of the Blade | 15.4 hrs |
| 3 | The Call of the Void | 14.5 hrs |
| 4 | A Crown of the Gods | 16.8 hrs |
| 5 | The Queen of the Dawn | 14.9 hrs |
More narrated by Jesse Vilinsky
Jesse Vilinsky narrates 396 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,038 hours in all.
- Local Woman Missing
- After We Were Stolen
- Better Than the Movies
- A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor
- The Queen of Cursed Things
About as long, on the Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal shelf
405 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 Twist of the Blade is book 2 of S.M. Gaither's Shadows and Crowns series: a 15.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Jesse Vilinsky, released July 27, 2021, on the Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 15.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Jesse Vilinsky
- Released
- July 27, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal
- Series
- Shadows and Crowns #2
- ISBN
- 9781705286784
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Twist of the Blade as an audiobook?
A Twist of the Blade runs 15.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.3 hours.
Is A Twist of the Blade free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Twist of the Blade?
A Twist of the Blade is narrated by Jesse Vilinsky.
Is A Twist of the Blade worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.3 hours, saving 5.1 hours.