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Ancillary Sword: Audiobook

Book 2 of the Imperial Radch series · see all 3 in reading order

The Ancillary Sword audiobook runs an estimated 12.3 hours (about 8.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

12.3est. listening hrs
3.9★57 ratings
Science Fictiongenre
Free for new listeners

The instrumentWhen will you finish it?

Based on 12.3 hours of listening (estimated).

Days to finish Ancillary Sword at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day25 days
1 hour / day13 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

What our data says

  • At 12.3 hours (estimated), it runs longer than 71% of the science fiction audiobooks we measured.
  • That's 17% longer than the average science fiction audiobook (10.5 hrs across 820 titles in our dataset).

Computed from science fiction audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset (build ); listening time estimated from page count. Methodology.

Who is this for?

Best for science fiction listeners who want epic quests: a solid week of commutes at 12.3 hours (estimated).

About the book

Seeking atonement for past crimes, Breq takes on a mission as captain of a troublesome new crew of Radchai soldiers, in the sequel to the New York Times bestselling, award-winning Ancillary Justice .? "Powerful." — New York Times Breq is a soldier who used to be a warship. Once a weapon of conquest controlling thousands of minds, now she has only a single body and serves the emperor. With a new ship and a troublesome crew, Breq is ordered to go to the only place in the galaxy she would agree to go: to Athoek Station to protect the family of a lieutenant she once knew—a lieutenant she murdered in cold blood. Ann Leckie's Imperial Radch trilogy has become one of the new classics of science fiction.

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Ancillary Sword audiobook?

Ancillary Sword runs about 12.3 hours, our estimate from its 416 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.2 hours.

Is the Ancillary Sword audiobook free?

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

Is Ancillary Sword worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.2 hours, saving 4.1 hours. Most listeners adjust to 1.25–1.5× within a chapter or two.

When was Ancillary Sword first published?

Ancillary Sword by Ann Leckie was first published in 2014.