Empress Of Light (aka Mei-Lai-Gong): Audiobook
Book 2 of the Shanji series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Empress Of Light (aka Mei-Lai-Gong) audiobook runs 10.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Maynard Villers (about 7.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.7 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 10.7 hours, it runs longer than 67% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Shanji Trilogy
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 13 hours before it; books 1 to 2 run 23.8 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shanji | 13 hrs |
| 2 | Empress Of Light (aka Mei-Lai-Gong) | 10.7 hrs |
More narrated by Maynard Villers
Maynard Villers narrates 60 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 472 hours in all.
About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf
2,172 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Dark Matter
- Star Wars: The Old Republic - Legends: Revan
- Star Wars Legends: Darth Bane Trilogy: Rule of Two
- The Troop
- 1986 - Book 1: Hunted in Time
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
Empress Of Light (aka Mei-Lai-Gong) is book 2 of James Glass's Shanji series: a 10.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Maynard Villers, released August 17, 2017, on the Science Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Maynard Villers
- Released
- August 17, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Science Fiction
- Series
- Shanji Trilogy #2
- ISBN
- 9781614539568
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Empress Of Light (aka Mei-Lai-Gong) audiobook?
Empress Of Light (aka Mei-Lai-Gong) runs 10.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.2 hours.
Is the Empress Of Light (aka Mei-Lai-Gong) audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Empress Of Light (aka Mei-Lai-Gong)?
Empress Of Light (aka Mei-Lai-Gong) is narrated by Maynard Villers.
Is Empress Of Light (aka Mei-Lai-Gong) worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.2 hours, saving 3.6 hours.