The Bastard King: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Scepter of Mercy series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Bastard King runs 21.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Peter Noble (about 14.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 21.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 43 days |
| 1 hour / day | 22 days |
| 2 hours / day | 11 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 15 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 21.5 hours, it runs longer than 88% of the 4,887 Epic Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Scepter of Mercy
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 63.4 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Bastard King | 21.5 hrs |
| 2 | The Chernagor Pirates | 21.4 hrs |
| 3 | The Scepter's Return | 20.6 hrs |
More narrated by Peter Noble
Peter Noble narrates 336 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,121 hours in all.
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- Italy - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture
- The Dilemma
- The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook
- Stalingrad: The million-copy bestselling military history and award-winning account of the pivotal World War 2 battle
About as long, on the Epic Fantasy shelf
436 Epic 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 Bastard King is book 1 of Harry Turtledove's Scepter of Mercy series: a 21.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Peter Noble, released July 15, 2025, on the Epic Fantasy shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 21.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Peter Noble
- Released
- July 15, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Epic Fantasy
- Series
- Scepter of Mercy #1
- ISBN
- 9798331901646
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Bastard King as an audiobook?
The Bastard King runs 21.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 14.3 hours.
Is The Bastard King free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Bastard King?
The Bastard King is narrated by Peter Noble.
Is The Bastard King worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 14.3 hours, saving 7.2 hours.