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Mystic Empire by Laura Hickman, Tracy Hickman

Mystic Empire: Audiobook

Book 3 of the Bronze Canticles series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Mystic Empire audiobook runs 13.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Lloyd James (about 9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

13.5listening hrs
Science Fictionstore shelf
2006released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 13.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish Mystic Empire at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day27 days
1 hour / day14 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

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

What our data says

  • At 13.5 hours, it runs longer than 83% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on The Bronze Canticles

This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 31.6 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 45.1 hours in all.

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

Mystic Empire is book 3 of Laura Hickman's Bronze Canticles series: a 13.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Lloyd James, released January 1, 2006, on the Science Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
13.5 hrs
Narrated by
Lloyd James
Released
January 1, 2006
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Science Fiction
Series
The Bronze Canticles #3
ISBN
9781483056555

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Mystic Empire audiobook?

Mystic Empire runs 13.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9 hours.

Is the Mystic Empire audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Mystic Empire?

Mystic Empire is narrated by Lloyd James.

Is Mystic Empire worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9 hours, saving 4.5 hours.