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Conventions of War by Walter Jon Williams

Conventions of War: Audiobook

Book 3 of the Dread Empire's Fall series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Conventions of War audiobook runs 22.1 hours unabridged, narrated by Stefan Rudnicki (about 14.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

22.1listening hrs
Science Fictionstore shelf
2022released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 22.1 hours of listening.

Days to finish Conventions of War at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day45 days
1 hour / day23 days
2 hours / day12 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×15 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 22.1 hours, it runs longer than 97% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on The Dread Empire's Fall Trilogy

This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 28.1 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 50.2 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1The Praxis13.4 hrs
2The Sundering14.7 hrs
3Conventions of War22.1 hrs

About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf

322 Science Fiction 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

Conventions of War is book 3 of Walter Jon Williams's Dread Empire's Fall series: a 22.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Stefan Rudnicki, released January 25, 2022, on the Science Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
22.1 hrs
Narrated by
Stefan Rudnicki
Released
January 25, 2022
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Science Fiction
Series
The Dread Empire's Fall Trilogy #3
ISBN
9798200748228

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Conventions of War audiobook?

Conventions of War runs 22.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 14.8 hours.

Is the Conventions of War audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Conventions of War?

Conventions of War is narrated by Stefan Rudnicki.

Is Conventions of War worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 14.8 hours, saving 7.4 hours.