The Barren Grounds (The Misewa Saga, Book 1): Audiobook
Book 1 of the Misewa series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Barren Grounds (The Misewa Saga, Book 1) runs 7.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Brefny Caribou (about 5.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 7.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 16 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 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 7.9 hours, it runs longer than 93% of the 5,327 Non-fiction (Kids) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Misewa Saga
This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 15.3 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Barren Grounds (The Misewa Saga, Book 1) | 7.9 hrs |
| 2 | The Great Bear (The Misewa Saga, Book 2) | 7.4 hrs |
More narrated by Brefny Caribou
Brefny Caribou narrates 6 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 47 hours in all.
- The Great Bear (The Misewa Saga, Book 2)
- A Grandmother Begins the Story
- The Portal Keeper: The Misewa Saga, Book Four
- The Sleeping Giant (The Misewa Saga, Book 5)
- The World's End (The Misewa Saga, Book 6)
About as long, on the Non-fiction (Kids) shelf
302 Non-fiction (Kids) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Barren Grounds (The Misewa Saga, Book 1) is book 1 of David A. Robertson's Misewa series: a 7.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Brefny Caribou, released October 13, 2020, on the Mystery & Fantasy and Non-fiction (Kids) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Brefny Caribou
- Released
- October 13, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Mystery & Fantasy, Non-fiction (Kids)
- Series
- The Misewa Saga #1
- ISBN
- 9780735270312
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Barren Grounds (The Misewa Saga, Book 1) as an audiobook?
The Barren Grounds (The Misewa Saga, Book 1) runs 7.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.2 hours.
Is The Barren Grounds (The Misewa Saga, Book 1) free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates The Barren Grounds (The Misewa Saga, Book 1)?
The Barren Grounds (The Misewa Saga, Book 1) is narrated by Brefny Caribou.