Destroyer: The Shattered City, Book 1: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Shattered City series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Destroyer: The Shattered City, Book 1 audiobook runs 13.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Ella Lynch and Will M. Watt (about 9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 13.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 27 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 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 13.5 hours, it runs longer than 81% of the 7,781 Romantasy (Romance) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Shattered City
This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 27.2 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Destroyer: The Shattered City, Book 1 | 13.5 hrs |
| 2 | Sanctifier: The Shattered City, Book 2 | 13.7 hrs |
More narrated by Ella Lynch
Ella Lynch narrates 138 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,150 hours in all.
About as long, on the Romantasy (Romance) shelf
1,085 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
Destroyer: The Shattered City, Book 1 is book 1 of Meg Smitherman's Shattered City series: a 13.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Ella Lynch and Will M. Watt, released March 25, 2025, on the Romantasy (Romance) and Romantasy (Science Fiction & Fantasy) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Ella Lynch, Will M. Watt
- Released
- March 25, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Romantasy (Romance), Romantasy (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
- Series
- The Shattered City #1
- ISBN
- 9798895395523
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Destroyer: The Shattered City, Book 1 audiobook?
Destroyer: The Shattered City, Book 1 runs 13.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9 hours.
Is the Destroyer: The Shattered City, Book 1 audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Destroyer: The Shattered City, Book 1?
Destroyer: The Shattered City, Book 1 is narrated by Ella Lynch and Will M. Watt.
Is Destroyer: The Shattered City, Book 1 worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9 hours, saving 4.5 hours.