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Shadows of Annihilation by S.M. Stirling

Shadows of Annihilation: Audiobook

Book 3 of the Black Chamber series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Shadows of Annihilation audiobook runs 15.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Todd Mclaren (about 10.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

15.4listening hrs
Science Fictionstore shelf
2020released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 15.4 hours of listening.

Days to finish Shadows of Annihilation at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day31 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 15.4 hours, it runs longer than 89% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Black Chamber

This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 35.5 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 50.9 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Black Chamber16.1 hrs
2Theater of Spies19.3 hrs
3Shadows of Annihilation15.4 hrs

About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf

1,018 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

Shadows of Annihilation is book 3 of S.M. Stirling's Black Chamber series: a 15.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Todd Mclaren, released March 10, 2020, on the Science Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
15.4 hrs
Narrated by
Todd Mclaren
Released
March 10, 2020
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Science Fiction
Series
Black Chamber #3
ISBN
9781501963797

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Shadows of Annihilation audiobook?

Shadows of Annihilation runs 15.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.3 hours.

Is the Shadows of Annihilation audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Shadows of Annihilation?

Shadows of Annihilation is narrated by Todd Mclaren.

Is Shadows of Annihilation worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.3 hours, saving 5.1 hours.