First Light: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Shadowlands series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the First Light audiobook runs 13.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Ava Lucas (about 9.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 13.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 28 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 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 13.8 hours, it runs longer than 83% of the 12,109 Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Shadowlands
This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 26 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | First Light | 13.8 hrs |
| 2 | The Shadow Path: A Romantic Portal Fantasy of Magic and Parallel Worlds | 12.2 hrs |
More narrated by Ava Lucas
Ava Lucas narrates 175 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,420 hours in all.
About as long, on the Fantasy shelf
1,194 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
First Light is book 1 of Elizabeth Hunter's Shadowlands series: a 13.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Ava Lucas, released July 30, 2025, on the Romantasy (Romance) and Fantasy shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Ava Lucas
- Released
- July 30, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Romantasy (Romance), Fantasy, Romantasy (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
- Series
- Shadowlands #1
- ISBN
- 9781666699494
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the First Light audiobook?
First Light runs 13.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.2 hours.
Is the First Light audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates First Light?
First Light is narrated by Ava Lucas.
Is First Light worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.2 hours, saving 4.6 hours.