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Shepherd by Piers Anthony

Shepherd: Audiobook

Book 2 of the Metal Maiden series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Shepherd audiobook runs 3.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Shannon Condon (about 2.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

3.8listening hrs
Science Fictionstore shelf
2023released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 3.8 hours of listening.

Days to finish Shepherd at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day8 days
1 hour / day4 days
2 hours / day2 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×3 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 3.8 hours, it is shorter than 81% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Metal Maiden

This is book 2. Book 1 runs 3.5 hours before it; books 1 to 4 run 15.6 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1To Be a Woman3.5 hrs
2Shepherd3.8 hrs
3Fly Trap4.2 hrs
4Awares4.1 hrs

About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf

358 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

Shepherd is book 2 of Piers Anthony's Metal Maiden series: a 3.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Shannon Condon, released November 7, 2023, on the Science Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
3.8 hrs
Narrated by
Shannon Condon
Released
November 7, 2023
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Science Fiction
Series
Metal Maiden #2
ISBN
9798350891461

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Shepherd audiobook?

Shepherd runs 3.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 2.5 hours.

Is the Shepherd audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Shepherd?

Shepherd is narrated by Shannon Condon.