The Champion (I): Blood and Steel: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Champion (Pilling) series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Champion (I): Blood and Steel runs 8.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Mark Elstob (about 5.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 18 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 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 8.9 hours, it is shorter than 70% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Champion (Pilling)
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 22.7 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Champion (I): Blood and Steel | 8.9 hrs |
| 2 | The Champion (II): Blood and Gold | 7.8 hrs |
| 3 | The Champion (III): Blood and Faith | 6.1 hrs |
More narrated by Mark Elstob
Mark Elstob narrates 145 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,680 hours in all.
About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf
2,470 Historical (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 Champion (I): Blood and Steel is book 1 of David Pilling's Champion (Pilling) series: a 8.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Mark Elstob, released August 18, 2022, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Mark Elstob
- Released
- August 18, 2022
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction)
- Series
- Champion (Pilling) #1
- ISBN
- 9781004095919
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Champion (I): Blood and Steel as an audiobook?
The Champion (I): Blood and Steel runs 8.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.9 hours.
Is The Champion (I): Blood and Steel free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Champion (I): Blood and Steel?
The Champion (I): Blood and Steel is narrated by Mark Elstob.