Emissary: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Legends of the Realm series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Emissary audiobook runs 10.8 hours unabridged, narrated by John Keating (about 7.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 22 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 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 10.8 hours, it is shorter than 63% of the 4,887 Epic Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Legends of the Realm
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 28.2 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emissary | 10.8 hrs |
| 2 | Merchant of Alyss | 9.8 hrs |
| 3 | The Golden Vial | 7.7 hrs |
More narrated by John Keating
John Keating narrates 176 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,982 hours in all.
About as long, on the Epic Fantasy shelf
804 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
Emissary is book 1 of Thomas Locke's Legends of the Realm series: a 10.8-hour unabridged recording, read by John Keating, released January 6, 2015, on the Epic Fantasy shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- John Keating
- Released
- January 6, 2015
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Epic Fantasy
- Series
- Legends of the Realm #1
- ISBN
- 9781490656304
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Emissary audiobook?
Emissary runs 10.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.2 hours.
Is the Emissary audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Emissary?
Emissary is narrated by John Keating.
Is Emissary worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.2 hours, saving 3.6 hours.