Shattered Empire: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Second Rome series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Shattered Empire audiobook runs 2.8 hours unabridged, narrated by AI Voice Santiago Machain (about 1.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 2.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day | 3 days |
| 2 hours / day | 2 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 2 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 2.8 hours, it is shorter than 78% of the 3,272 Europe audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Second Rome
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 6.8 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 18.2 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Byzantine Empire | 6.8 hrs |
| 2 | Shattered Empire | 2.8 hrs |
| 3 | The Afterlife of Byzantium | 8.6 hrs |
More narrated by AI Voice Santiago Machain
AI Voice Santiago Machain narrates 62 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 304 hours in all.
About as long, on the Europe shelf
89 Europe 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
Shattered Empire is book 2 of Santiago Machain's Second Rome series: a 2.8-hour unabridged recording, read by AI Voice Santiago Machain, released November 6, 2025, on the Europe and Ancient Civilizations shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 2.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- AI Voice Santiago Machain
- Released
- November 6, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Europe, Ancient Civilizations
- Series
- The Second Rome #2
- ISBN
- 9798295352973
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Shattered Empire audiobook?
Shattered Empire runs 2.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 1.9 hours.
Is the Shattered Empire audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Shattered Empire?
Shattered Empire is narrated by AI Voice Santiago Machain.