Shadow Speaker: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Desert Magician's Duology series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Shadow Speaker audiobook runs 10.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Délé Ogundiran (about 7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 21 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 10.5 hours, it runs longer than 64% of the 12,109 Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Desert Magician's Duology
This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 20.9 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shadow Speaker | 10.5 hrs |
| 2 | Like Thunder | 10.4 hrs |
More narrated by Délé Ogundiran
Délé Ogundiran narrates 15 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 151 hours in all.
About as long, on the Fantasy shelf
1,983 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
Shadow Speaker is book 1 of Nnedi Okorafor's Desert Magician's Duology series: a 10.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Délé Ogundiran, released September 26, 2023, on the Fantasy and Apocalyptic & Dystopian shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Délé Ogundiran
- Released
- September 26, 2023
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Fantasy, Apocalyptic & Dystopian
- Series
- Desert Magician's Duology #1
- ISBN
- 9798350861068
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Shadow Speaker audiobook?
Shadow Speaker runs 10.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7 hours.
Is the Shadow Speaker audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Shadow Speaker?
Shadow Speaker is narrated by Délé Ogundiran.
Is Shadow Speaker worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7 hours, saving 3.5 hours.