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Into the West by Mercedes Lackey

Into the West: Audiobook

Book 2 of the Founding of Valdemar series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Into the West audiobook runs 17 hours unabridged, narrated by Paul Woodson (about 11.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

17listening hrs
Fantasystore shelf
2023released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 17 hours of listening.

Days to finish Into the West at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day34 days
1 hour / day17 days
2 hours / day9 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×12 days

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

What our data says

  • At 17 hours, it runs longer than 91% of the 12,109 Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Founding of Valdemar

This is book 2. Book 1 runs 12.2 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 46.1 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Beyond12.2 hrs
2Into the West17 hrs
3Valdemar17 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

Into the West is book 2 of Mercedes Lackey's Founding of Valdemar series: a 17-hour unabridged recording, read by Paul Woodson, released March 21, 2023, on the Fantasy and Epic Fantasy shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
17 hrs
Narrated by
Paul Woodson
Released
March 21, 2023
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Fantasy, Epic Fantasy
Series
Founding of Valdemar #2
ISBN
9781666110845

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Into the West audiobook?

Into the West runs 17 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.3 hours.

Is the Into the West audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Into the West?

Into the West is narrated by Paul Woodson.

Is Into the West worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.3 hours, saving 5.7 hours.