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Over the Wine-Dark Sea by Harry Turtledove

Over the Wine-Dark Sea: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Hellenic Traders series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Over the Wine-Dark Sea audiobook runs 13.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Tim Campbell (about 9.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

13.6listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2022released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 13.6 hours of listening.

Days to finish Over the Wine-Dark Sea at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day28 days
1 hour / day14 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×10 days

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What our data says

  • At 13.6 hours, it runs longer than 87% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on The Hellenic Traders Series

This is book 1. Books 1 to 5 run 64.5 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Over the Wine-Dark Sea13.6 hrs
2The Gryphon's Skull13.6 hrs
3The Sacred Land13.8 hrs
4Owls to Athens14 hrs
5Salamis9.5 hrs

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

1,580 Literary Fiction 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

Over the Wine-Dark Sea is book 1 of Harry Turtledove's Hellenic Traders series: a 13.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Tim Campbell, released November 15, 2022, on the Literary Fiction and Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy) shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
13.6 hrs
Narrated by
Tim Campbell
Released
November 15, 2022
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Literary Fiction, Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
Series
The Hellenic Traders Series #1
ISBN
9798212193863

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Over the Wine-Dark Sea audiobook?

Over the Wine-Dark Sea runs 13.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.1 hours.

Is the Over the Wine-Dark Sea audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Over the Wine-Dark Sea?

Over the Wine-Dark Sea is narrated by Tim Campbell.

Is Over the Wine-Dark Sea worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.1 hours, saving 4.5 hours.