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Merlin's Blade by Robert Treskillard

Merlin's Blade: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Merlin Spiral series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Merlin's Blade audiobook runs 14.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Simon Bubb (about 9.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

14.7listening hrs
Fairy Tales & Folklore (Teen & YA)store shelf
2022released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 14.7 hours of listening.

Days to finish Merlin's Blade at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day30 days
1 hour / day15 days
2 hours / day8 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×10 days

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What our data says

  • At 14.7 hours, it runs longer than 91% of the 1,014 Fairy Tales & Folklore (Teen & YA) audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on The Merlin Spiral

This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 43.3 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Merlin's Blade14.7 hrs
2Merlin's Shadow14.6 hrs
3Merlin's Nightmare13.9 hrs

About as long, on the Fairy Tales & Folklore (Teen & YA) shelf

105 Fairy Tales & Folklore (Teen & YA) 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

Merlin's Blade is book 1 of Robert Treskillard's Merlin Spiral series: a 14.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Simon Bubb, released November 1, 2022, on the Fairy Tales & Folklore (Teen & YA) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
14.7 hrs
Narrated by
Simon Bubb
Released
November 1, 2022
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Fairy Tales & Folklore (Teen & YA)
Series
The Merlin Spiral #1
ISBN
9780310149736

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Merlin's Blade audiobook?

Merlin's Blade runs 14.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.8 hours.

Is the Merlin's Blade audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Merlin's Blade?

Merlin's Blade is narrated by Simon Bubb.

Is Merlin's Blade worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.8 hours, saving 4.9 hours.