The Charcoal Confessions: Where the roots grow upward, no secret stays buried.: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Understory Inquiries series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Charcoal Confessions: Where the roots grow upward, no secret stays buried. runs 8.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Joseph Pepe (about 5.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 17 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
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What our data says
- At 8.1 hours, it is shorter than 56% of the 12,109 Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Understory Inquiries
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 8.3 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 24.6 hours in all.
More narrated by Joseph Pepe
Joseph Pepe narrates 24 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 207 hours in all.
- The Anchor’s Debt: In a world where suffering is currency, she just mortgaged her soul.
- The Shattered Ghost: To repair her shattered mind, he must risk his own soul.
- The Flaw in the Machine: When justice is a rigged algorithm, the only morality left is treason.
- A Willing Instrument: When the law demands a lie, the truth becomes a death sentence.
- The Finest Liar: A dark fantasy of political intrigue, blood magic, and the devastating cost of survival.
About as long, on the Fantasy shelf
1,697 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 Charcoal Confessions: Where the roots grow upward, no secret stays buried. is book 2 of Joseph Pepe's Understory Inquiries series: a 8.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Joseph Pepe, released March 14, 2026, on the Fantasy and Epic Fantasy shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Joseph Pepe
- Released
- March 14, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Paranormal
- Series
- The Understory Inquiries #2
- ISBN
- 9798240090011
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Charcoal Confessions: Where the roots grow upward, no secret stays buried. as an audiobook?
The Charcoal Confessions: Where the roots grow upward, no secret stays buried. runs 8.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.4 hours.
Is The Charcoal Confessions: Where the roots grow upward, no secret stays buried. free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates The Charcoal Confessions: Where the roots grow upward, no secret stays buried.?
The Charcoal Confessions: Where the roots grow upward, no secret stays buried. is narrated by Joseph Pepe.