Commanding the Tides: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Lords of the Abyss series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Commanding the Tides audiobook runs 5.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Rebecca Cook (about 3.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 5.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 12 days |
| 1 hour / day | 6 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 days |
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What our data says
- At 5.7 hours, it is shorter than 81% of the 7,781 Romantasy (Romance) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Lords of the Abyss
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 6.8 hours before it; books 1 to 6 run 23.8 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Mighty Hunter | 6.8 hrs |
| 2 | Commanding the Tides | 5.7 hrs |
| 3 | Captive of the Deep | 3 hrs |
| 4 | Surrender to the Sea | 2.7 hrs |
| 5 | Making Waves | 2.4 hrs |
| 6 | The Merman King | 3.1 hrs |
More narrated by Rebecca Cook
Rebecca Cook narrates 79 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 619 hours in all.
- Knight of a Trillion Stars
- Savage Skies
- Immortals: The Calling
- Immortals: The Darkening
- Mine To Take
About as long, on the Romantasy (Romance) shelf
656 Romantasy (Romance) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- A Court of Thorns and Roses (1 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation]: A Court of Thorns and Roses 1
- A Court of Thorns and Roses (2 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation]: A Court of Thorns and Roses 1
- A Court of Wings and Ruin (1 of 3) [Dramatized Adaptation]: A Court of Thorns and Roses 3
- A Court of Frost and Starlight [Dramatized Adaptation]: A Court of Thorns and Roses 3.1
- A Court of Wings and Ruin (3 of 3) [Dramatized Adaptation]: A Court of Thorns and Roses 3
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
Commanding the Tides is book 2 of Michelle M. Pillow's Lords of the Abyss series: a 5.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Rebecca Cook, released January 20, 2017, on the Romantasy (Romance) and Romantasy (Science Fiction & Fantasy) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 5.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Rebecca Cook
- Released
- January 20, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Romantasy (Romance), Romantasy (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
- Series
- Lords of the Abyss #2
- ISBN
- 9798868648397
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Commanding the Tides audiobook?
Commanding the Tides runs 5.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.8 hours.
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Who narrates Commanding the Tides?
Commanding the Tides is narrated by Rebecca Cook.