The Bear and the Serpent: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Echoes of the Fall series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Bear and the Serpent runs 16.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Kyla Garcia (about 11.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 16.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 34 days |
| 1 hour / day | 17 days |
| 2 hours / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 12 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 16.8 hours, it runs longer than 93% of the 6,730 Action & Adventure (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Echoes of the Fall
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 22.1 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 55.8 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Tiger and the Wolf: Epic shapeshifter fantasy from the award-winning master of SF/F | 22.1 hrs |
| 2 | The Bear and the Serpent | 16.8 hrs |
| 3 | The Hyena and the Hawk | 16.9 hrs |
More narrated by Kyla Garcia
Kyla Garcia narrates 206 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,753 hours in all.
About as long, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) shelf
316 Action & Adventure (Fiction) 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 Bear and the Serpent is book 2 of Adrian Tchaikovsky's Echoes of the Fall series: a 16.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Kyla Garcia, released April 5, 2018, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) and Epic Fantasy shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 16.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Kyla Garcia
- Released
- April 5, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Action & Adventure (Fiction), Epic Fantasy
- Series
- Echoes of the Fall #2
- ISBN
- 9781509864607
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Bear and the Serpent as an audiobook?
The Bear and the Serpent runs 16.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.2 hours.
Is The Bear and the Serpent free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Bear and the Serpent?
The Bear and the Serpent is narrated by Kyla Garcia.
Is The Bear and the Serpent worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.2 hours, saving 5.6 hours.