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Orb Sceptre Throne: A concoction of greed, betrayal, murder and deception underscore this fantasy epic by Ian C. Esslemont

Orb Sceptre Throne: A concoction of greed, betrayal, murder and deception underscore this fantasy epic: Audiobook

Book 4 of the Malazan Empire series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Orb Sceptre Throne: A concoction of greed, betrayal, murder and deception underscore this fantasy epic audiobook runs 25.4 hours unabridged, narrated by John Banks (about 16.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

25.4listening hrs
Epic Fantasystore shelf
2016released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 25.4 hours of listening.

Days to finish Orb Sceptre Throne: A concoction of greed, betrayal, murder and deception underscore this fantasy epic at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day51 days
1 hour / day26 days
2 hours / day13 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×17 days

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What our data says

  • At 25.4 hours, it runs longer than 94% of the 4,887 Epic Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by John Banks

John Banks narrates 63 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,170 hours in all.

All John Banks audiobooks, measured

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

Orb Sceptre Throne: A concoction of greed, betrayal, murder and deception underscore this fantasy epic is book 4 of Ian C. Esslemont's Malazan Empire series: a 25.4-hour unabridged recording, read by John Banks, released October 6, 2016, on the Epic Fantasy and Fairy Tales & Folklore (Literature) shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
25.4 hrs
Narrated by
John Banks
Released
October 6, 2016
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Epic Fantasy, Fairy Tales & Folklore (Literature)
Series
Malazan Empire #4
ISBN
9781473541467

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Orb Sceptre Throne: A concoction of greed, betrayal, murder and deception underscore this fantasy epic audiobook?

Orb Sceptre Throne: A concoction of greed, betrayal, murder and deception underscore this fantasy epic runs 25.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 16.9 hours.

Is the Orb Sceptre Throne: A concoction of greed, betrayal, murder and deception underscore this fantasy epic audiobook free?

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Who narrates Orb Sceptre Throne: A concoction of greed, betrayal, murder and deception underscore this fantasy epic?

Orb Sceptre Throne: A concoction of greed, betrayal, murder and deception underscore this fantasy epic is narrated by John Banks.

Is Orb Sceptre Throne: A concoction of greed, betrayal, murder and deception underscore this fantasy epic worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 16.9 hours, saving 8.5 hours.