A Willing Instrument: When the law demands a lie, the truth becomes a death sentence.: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Covenant Vein series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Willing Instrument: When the law demands a lie, the truth becomes a death sentence. runs 9.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Joseph Pepe (about 6.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 19 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
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What our data says
- At 9.1 hours, it runs longer than 53% of the 12,109 Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Covenant Vein
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 26.1 hours in all.
More narrated by Joseph Pepe
Joseph Pepe narrates 24 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 207 hours in all.
- The Anchor’s Debt: In a world where suffering is currency, she just mortgaged her soul.
- The Shattered Ghost: To repair her shattered mind, he must risk his own soul.
- The Flaw in the Machine: When justice is a rigged algorithm, the only morality left is treason.
- The Finest Liar: A dark fantasy of political intrigue, blood magic, and the devastating cost of survival.
- The Original Sin: The gods are a machine, and the truth is a death sentence.
About as long, on the Fantasy shelf
1,850 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 Willing Instrument: When the law demands a lie, the truth becomes a death sentence. is book 1 of Joseph Pepe's Covenant Vein series: a 9.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Joseph Pepe, released March 11, 2026, on the Fantasy and Legal & Political shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Joseph Pepe
- Released
- March 11, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Fantasy, Legal & Political, Epic Fantasy
- Series
- The Covenant Vein #1
- ISBN
- 9798240068485
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Willing Instrument: When the law demands a lie, the truth becomes a death sentence. as an audiobook?
A Willing Instrument: When the law demands a lie, the truth becomes a death sentence. runs 9.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.1 hours.
Is A Willing Instrument: When the law demands a lie, the truth becomes a death sentence. free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates A Willing Instrument: When the law demands a lie, the truth becomes a death sentence.?
A Willing Instrument: When the law demands a lie, the truth becomes a death sentence. is narrated by Joseph Pepe.