Ace of Shades: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Shadow Game series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Ace of Shades audiobook runs 12.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Saskia Maarleveld (about 8.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 25 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 12.2 hours, it runs longer than 77% of the 5,647 Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Shadow Game series
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 46.3 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ace of Shades | 12.2 hrs |
| 2 | King of Fools | 17.5 hrs |
| 3 | Queen of Volts | 16.6 hrs |
More narrated by Saskia Maarleveld
Saskia Maarleveld narrates 612 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 6,444 hours in all.
- The Alice Network
- First Lie Wins: Reese's Book Club Pick
- The Rose Code
- The God of the Woods
- The Indigo Girl
About as long, on the Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal shelf
1,105 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
Ace of Shades is book 1 of Amanda Foody's Shadow Game series: a 12.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Saskia Maarleveld, released April 10, 2018, on the Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Saskia Maarleveld
- Released
- April 10, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal
- Series
- The Shadow Game series #1
- ISBN
- 9781538535929
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Ace of Shades audiobook?
Ace of Shades runs 12.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.2 hours.
Is the Ace of Shades audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Ace of Shades?
Ace of Shades is narrated by Saskia Maarleveld.
Is Ace of Shades worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.2 hours, saving 4.1 hours.