The Blade Itself — Audiobook
The instrumentWhen will you finish it?
Based on 15.7 hours of listening (estimated).
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 32 days |
| 1 hour / day | 16 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 11 days |
You'll finish in—by —
What our data says
- At 15.7 hours (estimated), it runs longer than 78% of the fantasy audiobooks we measured.
- That's 28% longer than the average fantasy audiobook (12.3 hrs across 761 titles in our dataset).
Computed from fantasy audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset; listening time estimated from page count.
Who is this for?
Best for fantasy listeners — a long-haul epic at 15.7 hours (estimated).
About the book
The first novel in the First Law Trilogy and debut fantasy novel from New York Times bestseller, Joe Abercrombie. Logen Ninefingers, infamous barbarian, has finally run out of luck. Caught in one feud too many, he's on the verge of becoming a dead barbarian -- leaving nothing behind him but bad songs, dead friends, and a lot of happy enemies. Nobleman, dashing officer, and paragon of selfishness, Captain Jezal dan Luthar has nothing more dangerous in mind than fleecing his friends at cards and dreaming of glory in the fencing circle. But war is brewing, and on the battlefields of the frozen North they fight by altogether bloodier rules. Inquisitor Glokta, cripple turned torturer, would like nothing better than to see Jezal come home in a box. But then Glokta hates everyone: cutting treason out of the Union one confession at a time leaves little room for friendship.
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Start the free trialQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Blade Itself as an audiobook?
The Blade Itself runs about 15.7 hours — our estimate from its 531 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.5 hours.
Can I listen to The Blade Itself free?
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Is The Blade Itself worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.5 hours — saving 5.2 hours. Most listeners adjust to 1.25–1.5× within a chapter or two.
When was The Blade Itself first published?
The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie was first published in 2001.