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King's Dragon by Kate Elliott

King's Dragon: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Crown of Stars series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the King's Dragon audiobook runs 21.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Shiromi Arserio (about 14.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

21.6listening hrs
Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy)store shelf
2020released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 21.6 hours of listening.

Days to finish King's Dragon at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day44 days
1 hour / day22 days
2 hours / day11 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×15 days

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

What our data says

  • At 21.6 hours, it runs longer than 93% of the 2,729 Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy) audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Crown of Stars

This is book 1. Books 1 to 7 run 197.3 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1King's Dragon21.6 hrs
2Prince of Dogs22.4 hrs
3The Burning Stone32.5 hrs
4Child of Flame37.6 hrs
5The Gathering Storm38.5 hrs
6In The Ruins21.6 hrs
7Crown of Stars23.1 hrs

About as long, on the Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy) shelf

153 Historical (Science Fiction & 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

King's Dragon is book 1 of Kate Elliott's Crown of Stars series: a 21.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Shiromi Arserio, released March 31, 2020, on the Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
21.6 hrs
Narrated by
Shiromi Arserio
Released
March 31, 2020
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
Series
Crown of Stars #1
ISBN
9781705200100

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the King's Dragon audiobook?

King's Dragon runs 21.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 14.4 hours.

Is the King's Dragon audiobook free?

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

Who narrates King's Dragon?

King's Dragon is narrated by Shiromi Arserio.

Is King's Dragon worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 14.4 hours, saving 7.2 hours.