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Tempests and Slaughter by Tamora Pierce

Tempests and Slaughter: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Numair Chronicles series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Tempests and Slaughter audiobook runs 12.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Sarah Ovens (about 8.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

12.7listening hrs
Fantasystore shelf
2018released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 12.7 hours of listening.

Days to finish Tempests and Slaughter at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day26 days
1 hour / day13 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

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What our data says

  • At 12.7 hours, it runs longer than 78% of the 12,109 Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.

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

Tempests and Slaughter is book 1 of Tamora Pierce's Numair Chronicles series: a 12.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Sarah Ovens, released September 20, 2018, on the Fantasy and Epic Fantasy shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
12.7 hrs
Narrated by
Sarah Ovens
Released
September 20, 2018
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Fantasy, Epic Fantasy
Series
The Numair Chronicles #1
ISBN
9780008304348

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Tempests and Slaughter audiobook?

Tempests and Slaughter runs 12.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.5 hours.

Is the Tempests and Slaughter audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Tempests and Slaughter?

Tempests and Slaughter is narrated by Sarah Ovens.

Is Tempests and Slaughter worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.5 hours, saving 4.2 hours.