Penric and the Shaman: A Fantasy Novella in the World of the Five Gods: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Penric & Desdemona series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Penric and the Shaman: A Fantasy Novella in the World of the Five Gods audiobook runs 4.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Grover Gardner (about 3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 4.6 hours of listening.
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| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 days |
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What our data says
- At 4.6 hours, it is shorter than 78% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Penric & Desdemona Series
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 4.1 hours before it; books 1 to 14 run 69.9 hours in all.
More narrated by Grover Gardner
Grover Gardner narrates 576 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 6,276 hours in all.
About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf
500 Science 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
Penric and the Shaman: A Fantasy Novella in the World of the Five Gods is book 2 of Lois Bujold's Penric & Desdemona series: a 4.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Grover Gardner, released December 6, 2016, on the Science Fiction and Fantasy shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 4.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Grover Gardner
- Released
- December 6, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Science Fiction, Fantasy
- Series
- The Penric & Desdemona Series #2
- ISBN
- 9781441731463
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Penric and the Shaman: A Fantasy Novella in the World of the Five Gods audiobook?
Penric and the Shaman: A Fantasy Novella in the World of the Five Gods runs 4.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3 hours.
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Who narrates Penric and the Shaman: A Fantasy Novella in the World of the Five Gods?
Penric and the Shaman: A Fantasy Novella in the World of the Five Gods is narrated by Grover Gardner.