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Shade King by William Stacey

Shade King: Audiobook

Book 2 of the Awakened World series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Shade King audiobook runs 10.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Chelsea Stephens (about 7.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10.9listening hrs
Fantasystore shelf
2020released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 10.9 hours of listening.

Days to finish Shade King at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day22 days
1 hour / day11 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

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

What our data says

  • At 10.9 hours, it runs longer than 67% of the 12,109 Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Awakened World

This is book 2. Book 1 runs 10 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 34.3 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Source Mage10 hrs
2Shade King10.9 hrs
3Firestorm13.4 hrs

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

Shade King is book 2 of William Stacey's Awakened World series: a 10.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Chelsea Stephens, released September 29, 2020, on the Fantasy shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
10.9 hrs
Narrated by
Chelsea Stephens
Released
September 29, 2020
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Fantasy
Series
Awakened World #2
ISBN
9781705251706

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Shade King audiobook?

Shade King runs 10.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.2 hours.

Is the Shade King audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Shade King?

Shade King is narrated by Chelsea Stephens.

Is Shade King worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.2 hours, saving 3.6 hours.