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Pendragon by James Wilde

Pendragon: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Dark Age series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Pendragon audiobook runs 16 hours unabridged, narrated by David Shaw Parker (about 10.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

16listening hrs
Historical (Fiction)store shelf
2017released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 16 hours of listening.

Days to finish Pendragon at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day32 days
1 hour / day16 days
2 hours / day8 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×11 days

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

What our data says

  • At 16 hours, it runs longer than 89% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Dark Age

This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 42.9 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Pendragon16 hrs
2Dark Age: (Dark Age Book 2)14.1 hrs
3The Bear King12.8 hrs

About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf

1,170 Historical (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

Pendragon is book 1 of James Wilde's Dark Age series: a 16-hour unabridged recording, read by David Shaw Parker, released July 20, 2017, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) and Historical (Fiction) shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
16 hrs
Narrated by
David Shaw Parker
Released
July 20, 2017
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Action & Adventure (Fiction), Historical (Fiction)
Series
Dark Age #1
ISBN
9781473553019

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Pendragon audiobook?

Pendragon runs 16 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.7 hours.

Is the Pendragon audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Pendragon?

Pendragon is narrated by David Shaw Parker.

Is Pendragon worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.7 hours, saving 5.3 hours.