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External Forces by Shannon Fay

External Forces: Audiobook

Book 2 of the Marrowbone Spells series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the External Forces audiobook runs 14.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Peter Kenny (about 9.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

14.4listening hrs
Fantasystore shelf
2022released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 14.4 hours of listening.

Days to finish External Forces at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day29 days
1 hour / day15 days
2 hours / day8 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×10 days

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What our data says

  • At 14.4 hours, it runs longer than 85% of the 12,109 Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on The Marrowbone Spells

This is book 2. Book 1 runs 11.4 hours before it; books 1 to 2 run 25.7 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Innate Magic11.4 hrs
2External Forces14.4 hrs

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

External Forces is book 2 of Shannon Fay's Marrowbone Spells series: a 14.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Peter Kenny, released November 8, 2022, on the Fantasy and Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy) shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
14.4 hrs
Narrated by
Peter Kenny
Released
November 8, 2022
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Fantasy, Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
Series
The Marrowbone Spells #2
ISBN
9781713659280

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the External Forces audiobook?

External Forces runs 14.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.6 hours.

Is the External Forces audiobook free?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates External Forces?

External Forces is narrated by Peter Kenny.

Is External Forces worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.6 hours, saving 4.8 hours.