Return Of The Crimson Guard: a compelling, evocative and action-packed epic fantasy that will keep you gripped: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Malazan Empire series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Return Of The Crimson Guard: a compelling, evocative and action-packed epic fantasy that will keep you gripped audiobook runs 32.2 hours unabridged, narrated by John Banks (about 21.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 32.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 65 days |
| 1 hour / day | 33 days |
| 2 hours / day | 17 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 22 days |
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What our data says
- At 32.2 hours, it runs longer than 97% of the 4,887 Epic Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Malazan Empire
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 10 hours before it; books 1 to 6 run 143.7 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Night of Knives | 10 hrs |
| 2 | Return Of The Crimson Guard: a compelling, evocative and action-packed epic fantasy that will keep you gripped | 32.2 hrs |
| 3 | Stonewielder: The renowned fantasy epic expands in this unmissable and captivating instalment | 26.7 hrs |
| 4 | Orb Sceptre Throne | 25.5 hrs |
| 5 | Blood and Bone | 26.5 hrs |
| 6 | Assail | 22.8 hrs |
More narrated by John Banks
John Banks narrates 63 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,170 hours in all.
- Senlin Ascends
- Night of Knives
- Return of the Crimson Guard
- Arm of the Sphinx
- Dancer's Lament
About as long, on the Epic Fantasy shelf
101 Epic Fantasy 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
Return Of The Crimson Guard: a compelling, evocative and action-packed epic fantasy that will keep you gripped is book 2 of Ian C. Esslemont's Malazan Empire series: a 32.2-hour unabridged recording, read by John Banks, released June 2, 2016, on the Epic Fantasy shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 32.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- John Banks
- Released
- June 2, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Epic Fantasy
- Series
- Malazan Empire #2
- ISBN
- 9781473541443
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How long is the Return Of The Crimson Guard: a compelling, evocative and action-packed epic fantasy that will keep you gripped audiobook?
Return Of The Crimson Guard: a compelling, evocative and action-packed epic fantasy that will keep you gripped runs 32.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 21.5 hours.
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Who narrates Return Of The Crimson Guard: a compelling, evocative and action-packed epic fantasy that will keep you gripped?
Return Of The Crimson Guard: a compelling, evocative and action-packed epic fantasy that will keep you gripped is narrated by John Banks.
Is Return Of The Crimson Guard: a compelling, evocative and action-packed epic fantasy that will keep you gripped worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 21.5 hours, saving 10.7 hours.