Competence: Audiobook
Book 3 of the Custard Protocol series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Competence audiobook runs 12 hours unabridged, narrated by Moira Quirk (about 8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 24 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 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 hours, it runs longer than 72% of the 7,781 Romantasy (Romance) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Custard Protocol
This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 24.5 hours before it; books 1 to 4 run 48.9 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prudence | 12.5 hrs |
| 2 | Imprudence | 12 hrs |
| 3 | Competence | 12 hrs |
| 4 | Reticence | 12.4 hrs |
More narrated by Moira Quirk
Moira Quirk narrates 154 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,724 hours in all.
- Dark Age
- Gideon the Ninth
- The Hunting Party
- Harrow the Ninth
- Nona the Ninth
About as long, on the Romantasy (Romance) shelf
1,291 Romantasy (Romance) 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
Competence is book 3 of Gail Carriger's Custard Protocol series: a 12-hour unabridged recording, read by Moira Quirk, released July 17, 2018, on the Romantasy (Romance) and Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12 hrs
- Narrated by
- Moira Quirk
- Released
- July 17, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Romantasy (Romance), Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy), Romantasy (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
- Series
- The Custard Protocol #3
- ISBN
- 9781549169090
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Competence audiobook?
Competence runs 12 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8 hours.
Is the Competence audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Competence?
Competence is narrated by Moira Quirk.
Is Competence worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8 hours, saving 4 hours.