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Cathedral by Avery Cross

Cathedral: Audiobook

Book 2 of the Academy of Ancients series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Cathedral audiobook runs 5 hours unabridged, narrated by Jacq Ainsworth (about 3.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

5listening hrs
Fantasystore shelf
2021released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 5 hours of listening.

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What our data says

  • At 5 hours, it is shorter than 81% of the 12,109 Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Academy of Ancients

This is book 2. Book 1 runs 6.2 hours before it; books 1 to 2 run 11.2 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Catacombs6.2 hrs
2Cathedral5 hrs

About as long, on the Fantasy shelf

666 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

Cathedral is book 2 of Avery Cross's Academy of Ancients series: a 5-hour unabridged recording, read by Jacq Ainsworth, released January 4, 2021, on the Fantasy and Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
5 hrs
Narrated by
Jacq Ainsworth
Released
January 4, 2021
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal
Series
Academy of Ancients #2
ISBN
9798368904320

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Cathedral audiobook?

Cathedral runs 5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.3 hours.

Is the Cathedral audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Cathedral?

Cathedral is narrated by Jacq Ainsworth.