The Air War: Audiobook
Book 8 of the Shadows of the Apt series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Air War runs 25.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Ben Allen (about 16.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 25.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 51 days |
| 1 hour / day | 26 days |
| 2 hours / day | 13 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 17 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 25.1 hours, it runs longer than 98% of the 12,109 Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Shadows of the Apt
This is book 8. Books 1 to 7 run 160.5 hours before it; books 1 to 10 run 236.5 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Empire in Black and Gold: Begin the epic, page-turning fantasy of war and empire | 23.1 hrs |
| 2 | Dragonfly Falling: Book Two in the Epic Fantasy Series from British Fantasy Award Winner Adrian Tchaikovsky | 25.7 hrs |
| 3 | Blood of the Mantis | 16 hrs |
| 4 | Salute the Dark | 17 hrs |
| 5 | The Scarab Path | 26.6 hrs |
| 6 | The Sea Watch | 27.2 hrs |
| 7 | Heirs of the Blade | 24.8 hrs |
| 8 | The Air War | 25.1 hrs |
| 9 | War Master's Gate | 27.6 hrs |
| 10 | Seal of the Worm | 23.2 hrs |
More narrated by Ben Allen
Ben Allen narrates 77 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,224 hours in all.
- Written in Dead Wax
- Empire in Black and Gold: Begin the epic, page-turning fantasy of war and empire
- The Manor House
- Shakespeare for Every Day of the Year
- Dragonfly Falling: Book Two in the Epic Fantasy Series from British Fantasy Award Winner Adrian Tchaikovsky
About as long, on the Fantasy shelf
249 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
The Air War is book 8 of Adrian Tchaikovsky's Shadows of the Apt series: a 25.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Ben Allen, released November 11, 2021, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) and Fantasy shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 25.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Ben Allen
- Released
- November 11, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Action & Adventure (Fiction), Fantasy, Epic Fantasy
- Series
- Shadows of the Apt #8
- ISBN
- 9781529050417
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Air War as an audiobook?
The Air War runs 25.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 16.8 hours.
Is The Air War free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Air War?
The Air War is narrated by Ben Allen.
Is The Air War worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 16.8 hours, saving 8.4 hours.