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Shard & Shield by Laura Vanarendonk Baugh

Shard & Shield: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Shard of Elan series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Shard & Shield audiobook runs 15.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Liz Morey (about 10.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

15.4listening hrs
Fantasystore shelf
2020released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 15.4 hours of listening.

Days to finish Shard & Shield 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 87% of the 12,109 Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on The Shard of Elan

This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 34.2 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Shard & Shield15.4 hrs
2Blood & Bond18.7 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

Shard & Shield is book 1 of Laura Vanarendonk Baugh's Shard of Elan series: a 15.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Liz Morey, released December 24, 2020, on the Fantasy shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
15.4 hrs
Narrated by
Liz Morey
Released
December 24, 2020
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Fantasy
Series
The Shard of Elan #1
ISBN
9781631650253

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Shard & Shield audiobook?

Shard & Shield runs 15.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.3 hours.

Is the Shard & Shield audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Shard & Shield?

Shard & Shield is narrated by Liz Morey.

Is Shard & Shield worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

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