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The Ancient [Dramatized Adaptation] by R.A. Salvatore

The Ancient [Dramatized Adaptation]: Audiobook

Book 2 of the Saga of the First King (Dramatized Adaptation) series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Ancient [Dramatized Adaptation] runs 8.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Dan Sontagg and Yazmin Tuazon and others (about 5.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

8.1listening hrs
Fantasystore shelf
2020released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 8.1 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Ancient [Dramatized Adaptation] at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day17 days
1 hour / day9 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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What our data says

  • At 8.1 hours, it is shorter than 56% of the 12,109 Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Saga of the First King (Dramatized Adaptation)

This is book 2. Book 1 runs 8.1 hours before it; books 1 to 4 run 33.1 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1The Highwayman [Dramatized Adaptation]8.1 hrs
2The Ancient [Dramatized Adaptation]8.1 hrs
3The Dame [Dramatized Adaptation]8 hrs
4The Bear [Dramatized Adaptation]9 hrs

About as long, on the Fantasy shelf

1,690 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 Ancient [Dramatized Adaptation] is book 2 of R.A. Salvatore's Saga of the First King (Dramatized Adaptation) series: a 8.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Dan Sontagg, Yazmin Tuazon and Ren Casey and others, released June 3, 2020, on the Fantasy shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
8.1 hrs
Narrated by
Dan Sontagg, Yazmin Tuazon, Ren Casey, Johann Dettweiler, Drew Kopas, Steven Carpenter
Released
June 3, 2020
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Fantasy
Series
Saga of the First King (Dramatized Adaptation) #2
ISBN
9781648809934

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Ancient [Dramatized Adaptation] as an audiobook?

The Ancient [Dramatized Adaptation] runs 8.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.4 hours.

Is The Ancient [Dramatized Adaptation] free as an audiobook?

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Who narrates The Ancient [Dramatized Adaptation]?

The Ancient [Dramatized Adaptation] is narrated by Dan Sontagg, Yazmin Tuazon, Ren Casey and Johann Dettweiler and others.