The Beginning: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Secret of the Hidden Scrolls series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Beginning runs 1.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Adam Verner (about 0.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 1.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day | 2 days |
| 2 hours / day | 1 day |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 1 day |
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 1.4 hours, it is shorter than 81% of the 7,923 Mystery & Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Secret of the Hidden Scrolls
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 4.5 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Beginning | 1.4 hrs |
| 2 | Race to the Ark | 1.5 hrs |
| 3 | The Great Escape | 1.6 hrs |
More narrated by Adam Verner
Adam Verner narrates 591 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,882 hours in all.
About as long, on the Mystery & Fantasy shelf
261 Mystery & 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 Beginning is book 1 of M.J. Thomas's Secret of the Hidden Scrolls series: a 1.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Adam Verner, released July 31, 2018, on the Mystery & Fantasy shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 1.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Adam Verner
- Released
- July 31, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Mystery & Fantasy
- Series
- The Secret of the Hidden Scrolls #1
- ISBN
- 9781545907566
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Beginning as an audiobook?
The Beginning runs 1.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 0.9 hours.
Is The Beginning free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Beginning?
The Beginning is narrated by Adam Verner.