Dead Hand Rule: Audiobook
Book 3 of the Craft Wars series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Dead Hand Rule audiobook runs 15.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Janina Edwards (about 10.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 15.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 31 days |
| 1 hour / day | 16 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 11 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 15.4 hours, it runs longer than 68% of the 4,887 Epic Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Craft Wars
This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 24.9 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 40.3 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dead Country | 9 hrs |
| 2 | Wicked Problems | 15.9 hrs |
| 3 | Dead Hand Rule | 15.4 hrs |
More narrated by Janina Edwards
Janina Edwards narrates 359 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,955 hours in all.
- The Wedding Date
- The Proposal: Reese's Book Club
- Party of Two
- The Wedding Party
- The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love
About as long, on the Epic Fantasy shelf
751 Epic 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
Dead Hand Rule is book 3 of Max Gladstone's Craft Wars series: a 15.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Janina Edwards, released February 2, 2026, on the Epic Fantasy shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 15.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Janina Edwards
- Released
- February 2, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Epic Fantasy
- Series
- Craft Wars #3
- ISBN
- 9798855534849
How to listen to Dead Hand Rule free
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Dead Hand Rule audiobook?
Dead Hand Rule runs 15.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.3 hours.
Is the Dead Hand Rule audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Dead Hand Rule?
Dead Hand Rule is narrated by Janina Edwards.
Is Dead Hand Rule worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.3 hours, saving 5.1 hours.