Curse of Kings: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Trials of Oland Born series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Curse of Kings audiobook runs 9.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Ben Allen (about 6.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 19 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 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 9.2 hours, it runs longer than 87% of the 7,923 Mystery & Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Ben Allen
Ben Allen narrates 77 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,224 hours in all.
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- The Manor House
- Shakespeare for Every Day of the Year
- Dragonfly Falling: Book Two in the Epic Fantasy Series from British Fantasy Award Winner Adrian Tchaikovsky
About as long, on the Mystery & Fantasy shelf
750 Mystery & Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The False Prince (The Ascendance Series, Book 1)
- The Graveyard Book: Full Cast Production
- Howl's Moving Castle
- On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness
- Warriors #2: Fire and Ice
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
Curse of Kings is book 1 of Alex Barclay's Trials of Oland Born series: a 9.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Ben Allen, released May 29, 2014, on the Mystery & Fantasy and Fairy Tales & Folklore (Kids) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Ben Allen
- Released
- May 29, 2014
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Mystery & Fantasy, Fairy Tales & Folklore (Kids)
- Series
- The Trials of Oland Born #1
- ISBN
- 9780007426133
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Curse of Kings audiobook?
Curse of Kings runs 9.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.1 hours.
Is the Curse of Kings audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Curse of Kings?
Curse of Kings is narrated by Ben Allen.