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Foundation: The Collegium Chronicles by Mercedes Lackey

Foundation: The Collegium Chronicles: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Valdemar series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Foundation: The Collegium Chronicles audiobook runs 10.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Nick Podehl (about 6.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10.2listening hrs
Epic Fantasystore shelf
2008released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 10.2 hours of listening.

Days to finish Foundation: The Collegium Chronicles at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day21 days
1 hour / day11 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×7 days

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What our data says

  • At 10.2 hours, it is shorter than 66% of the 1,909 Epic Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Nick Podehl

Nick Podehl narrates 96 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 800 hours in all.

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

Foundation: The Collegium Chronicles is book 1 of Mercedes Lackey's Valdemar series: a 10.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Nick Podehl, released October 7, 2008, on the Epic Fantasy shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
10.2 hrs
Narrated by
Nick Podehl
Released
October 7, 2008
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Epic Fantasy
Series
Valdemar Series #1
ISBN
9781423307952

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Foundation: The Collegium Chronicles audiobook?

Foundation: The Collegium Chronicles runs 10.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.8 hours.

Is the Foundation: The Collegium Chronicles audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Foundation: The Collegium Chronicles?

Foundation: The Collegium Chronicles is narrated by Nick Podehl.

Is Foundation: The Collegium Chronicles worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.8 hours, saving 3.4 hours.