The Adventure of the Demonic Ox: A Penric and Desdemona Novella: Audiobook
Book 14 of the Penric & Desdemona series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Adventure of the Demonic Ox: A Penric and Desdemona Novella runs 4.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Grover Gardner (about 3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 4.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day | 5 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 3 days |
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What our data says
- At 4.5 hours, it is shorter than 87% of the 7,781 Romantasy (Romance) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Penric & Desdemona Series
This is book 14. Books 1 to 13 run 65.3 hours before it; books 1 to 14 run 69.9 hours in all.
More narrated by Grover Gardner
Grover Gardner narrates 576 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 6,276 hours in all.
About as long, on the Romantasy (Romance) shelf
343 Romantasy (Romance) 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
The Adventure of the Demonic Ox: A Penric and Desdemona Novella is book 14 of Lois Bujold's Penric & Desdemona series: a 4.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Grover Gardner, released October 14, 2025, on the Romantasy (Romance) and Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 4.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Grover Gardner
- Released
- October 14, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Romantasy (Romance), Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy), Romantasy (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
- Series
- The Penric & Desdemona Series #14
- ISBN
- 9798228648609
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Adventure of the Demonic Ox: A Penric and Desdemona Novella as an audiobook?
The Adventure of the Demonic Ox: A Penric and Desdemona Novella runs 4.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3 hours.
Is The Adventure of the Demonic Ox: A Penric and Desdemona Novella free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates The Adventure of the Demonic Ox: A Penric and Desdemona Novella?
The Adventure of the Demonic Ox: A Penric and Desdemona Novella is narrated by Grover Gardner.