The Battle Drum: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Ending Fire series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Battle Drum runs 18.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Nicole Lewis and Dominic Hoffman (about 12.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 18.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 37 days |
| 1 hour / day | 19 days |
| 2 hours / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 13 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 18.2 hours, it runs longer than 79% of the 4,887 Epic Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Ending Fire Trilogy
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 19.8 hours before it; books 1 to 2 run 38 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Final Strife | 19.8 hrs |
| 2 | The Battle Drum | 18.2 hrs |
More narrated by Nicole Lewis
Nicole Lewis narrates 69 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 643 hours in all.
- Such a Fun Age: Reese's Book Club
- The House of Eve
- A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor
- The Candy House
- Good Neighbors
About as long, on the Epic Fantasy shelf
612 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 Battle Drum is book 2 of Saara El-Arifi's Ending Fire series: a 18.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Nicole Lewis and Dominic Hoffman, released May 23, 2023, on the Coming of Age and Epic Fantasy shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 18.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Nicole Lewis, Dominic Hoffman
- Released
- May 23, 2023
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Coming of Age, Epic Fantasy
- Series
- The Ending Fire Trilogy #2
- ISBN
- 9780593606933
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Battle Drum as an audiobook?
The Battle Drum runs 18.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 12.1 hours.
Is The Battle Drum free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Battle Drum?
The Battle Drum is narrated by Nicole Lewis and Dominic Hoffman.
Is The Battle Drum worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 12.1 hours, saving 6.1 hours.