Forged by Shadows: Shadowed Souls, Book 1: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Shadowed Souls series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Forged by Shadows: Shadowed Souls, Book 1 audiobook runs 15.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Nowhere Eternity and Marie Hawkins (about 10.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 15.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 31 days |
| 1 hour / day | 16 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 11 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 15.5 hours, it runs longer than 96% of the 16,241 Modern audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Shadowed Souls
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 46.6 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Forged by Shadows: Shadowed Souls, Book 1 | 15.5 hrs |
| 2 | Bound by Obsession: Shadowed Souls, Book 2 | 15.3 hrs |
| 3 | Haunted by Secrets: Shadowed Souls, Book 3 | 15.9 hrs |
More narrated by Nowhere Eternity
Nowhere Eternity narrates 8 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 70 hours in all.
About as long, on the Modern shelf
488 Modern audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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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
Forged by Shadows: Shadowed Souls, Book 1 is book 1 of Maddison Cole's Shadowed Souls series: a 15.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Nowhere Eternity and Marie Hawkins, released May 6, 2025, on the Modern and Billionaire shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 15.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Nowhere Eternity, Marie Hawkins
- Released
- May 6, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Modern, Billionaire
- Series
- Shadowed Souls #1
- ISBN
- 9798895397879
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Forged by Shadows: Shadowed Souls, Book 1 audiobook?
Forged by Shadows: Shadowed Souls, Book 1 runs 15.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.3 hours.
Is the Forged by Shadows: Shadowed Souls, Book 1 audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Forged by Shadows: Shadowed Souls, Book 1?
Forged by Shadows: Shadowed Souls, Book 1 is narrated by Nowhere Eternity and Marie Hawkins.
Is Forged by Shadows: Shadowed Souls, Book 1 worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.3 hours, saving 5.2 hours.