The Broken Chain: Audiobook
Book 3 of the Cracked Altar series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Broken Chain runs 12.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Timothy J. R. Rains (about 8.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 25 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 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 12.5 hours, it runs longer than 77% of the 12,109 Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Cracked Altar
This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 19.6 hours before it; books 1 to 4 run 39.7 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Cracked Altar | 9.1 hrs |
| 2 | The Shattered Sword | 10.5 hrs |
| 3 | The Broken Chain | 12.5 hrs |
| 4 | The Torn Veil: Prelude to the Cracked Altar | 7.6 hrs |
More narrated by Timothy J. R. Rains
Timothy J. R. Rains narrates 4 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 31 hours in all.
About as long, on the Fantasy shelf
1,612 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 Broken Chain is book 3 of Timothy J. R. Rains's Cracked Altar series: a 12.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Timothy J. R. Rains, released August 4, 2024, on the Fantasy and Epic Fantasy shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Timothy J. R. Rains
- Released
- August 4, 2024
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
- Series
- The Cracked Altar #3
- ISBN
- 9798882448553
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Broken Chain as an audiobook?
The Broken Chain runs 12.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.3 hours.
Is The Broken Chain free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Broken Chain?
The Broken Chain is narrated by Timothy J. R. Rains.
Is The Broken Chain worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.3 hours, saving 4.2 hours.