Beyond: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Founding of Valdemar series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Beyond audiobook runs 12.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Paul Woodson (about 8.1 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 76% of the 12,109 Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Founding of Valdemar
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 46.1 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beyond | 12.2 hrs |
| 2 | Into the West | 17 hrs |
| 3 | Valdemar | 17 hrs |
More narrated by Paul Woodson
Paul Woodson narrates 248 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,103 hours in all.
About as long, on the Fantasy shelf
1,665 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
Beyond is book 1 of Mercedes Lackey's Founding of Valdemar series: a 12.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Paul Woodson, released September 14, 2021, on the Fantasy and Epic Fantasy shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Paul Woodson
- Released
- September 14, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Fantasy, Epic Fantasy
- Series
- Founding of Valdemar #1
- ISBN
- 9781666110807
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Beyond audiobook?
Beyond runs 12.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.1 hours.
Is the Beyond audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Beyond?
Beyond is narrated by Paul Woodson.
Is Beyond worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.1 hours, saving 4.1 hours.