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Assail: inventive and original. A compelling frontier fantasy epic by Ian C. Esslemont

Assail: inventive and original. A compelling frontier fantasy epic: Audiobook

Book 6 of the Malazan Empire series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Assail: inventive and original. A compelling frontier fantasy epic audiobook runs 22.8 hours unabridged, narrated by John Banks (about 15.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

22.8listening hrs
Epic Fantasystore shelf
2017released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 22.8 hours of listening.

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30 min / day46 days
1 hour / day23 days
2 hours / day12 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×16 days

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What our data says

  • At 22.8 hours, it runs longer than 90% of the 4,887 Epic Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by John Banks

John Banks narrates 63 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,170 hours in all.

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About this listen

Assail: inventive and original. A compelling frontier fantasy epic is book 6 of Ian C. Esslemont's Malazan Empire series: a 22.8-hour unabridged recording, read by John Banks, released February 9, 2017, on the Epic Fantasy shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
22.8 hrs
Narrated by
John Banks
Released
February 9, 2017
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Epic Fantasy
Series
Malazan Empire #6
ISBN
9781473541481

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Assail: inventive and original. A compelling frontier fantasy epic audiobook?

Assail: inventive and original. A compelling frontier fantasy epic runs 22.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 15.2 hours.

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Who narrates Assail: inventive and original. A compelling frontier fantasy epic?

Assail: inventive and original. A compelling frontier fantasy epic is narrated by John Banks.

Is Assail: inventive and original. A compelling frontier fantasy epic worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 15.2 hours, saving 7.6 hours.