The Books Insiderindependent audiobook data
Shem's Quest: Shem o' the West by Bill Eckel

Shem's Quest: Shem o' the West: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Shem's Quest series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Shem's Quest: Shem o' the West audiobook runs 11.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Daymon Eckel (about 7.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

11.9listening hrs
Fantasystore shelf
2022released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 11.9 hours of listening.

Days to finish Shem's Quest: Shem o' the West at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day24 days
1 hour / day12 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 11.9 hours, it runs longer than 74% of the 12,109 Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Fantasy shelf

1,764 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

Shem's Quest: Shem o' the West is book 1 of Bill Eckel's Shem's Quest series: a 11.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Daymon Eckel, released February 13, 2022, on the Fantasy and Epic Fantasy shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
11.9 hrs
Narrated by
Daymon Eckel
Released
February 13, 2022
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Fantasy, Epic Fantasy
Series
Shem's Quest #1
ISBN
9781669674054

How to listen to Shem's Quest: Shem o' the West free

New members at audiobooks.com get three free audiobooks with the trial.

Separately, the store's catalog carries more than 10,000 audiobooks that are always free to stream.

Start listening free

Questions listeners ask

How long is the Shem's Quest: Shem o' the West audiobook?

Shem's Quest: Shem o' the West runs 11.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.9 hours.

Is the Shem's Quest: Shem o' the West audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Shem's Quest: Shem o' the West?

Shem's Quest: Shem o' the West is narrated by Daymon Eckel.

Is Shem's Quest: Shem o' the West worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.9 hours, saving 4 hours.