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Forging Hephaestus by Drew Hayes

Forging Hephaestus: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Villains' Code series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Forging Hephaestus audiobook runs 27 hours unabridged, narrated by Amy Landon (about 18 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

27listening hrs
Science Fictionstore shelf
2017released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 27 hours of listening.

Days to finish Forging Hephaestus at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day54 days
1 hour / day27 days
2 hours / day14 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×18 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 27 hours, it runs longer than 98% of the 4,338 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Villains' Code

This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 62.8 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Forging Hephaestus27 hrs
2Bones of the Past35.8 hrs

Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.

About this listen

Forging Hephaestus is book 1 of Drew Hayes's Villains' Code series: a 27-hour unabridged recording, read by Amy Landon, released February 24, 2017, on the Science Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
27 hrs
Narrated by
Amy Landon
Released
February 24, 2017
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Science Fiction
Series
Villains' Code #1
ISBN
9781515982968

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Forging Hephaestus audiobook?

Forging Hephaestus runs 27 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 18 hours.

Is the Forging Hephaestus audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Forging Hephaestus?

Forging Hephaestus is narrated by Amy Landon.

Is Forging Hephaestus worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 18 hours, saving 9 hours.