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The Children of Kings by Deborah J. Ross, Marion Zimmer Bradley

The Children of Kings: Audiobook

Book 28 of the Darkover series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Children of Kings runs 13 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Max Bellmore (about 8.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

13listening hrs
Science Fictionstore shelf
2021released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 13 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Children of Kings at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day26 days
1 hour / day13 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 13 hours, it runs longer than 81% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

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 Children of Kings is book 28 of Deborah J. Ross's Darkover series: a 13-hour unabridged recording, read by Max Bellmore, released April 27, 2021, on the Science Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
13 hrs
Narrated by
Max Bellmore
Released
April 27, 2021
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Science Fiction
Series
Darkover #28
ISBN
9781705028797

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Children of Kings as an audiobook?

The Children of Kings runs 13 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.7 hours.

Is The Children of Kings free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates The Children of Kings?

The Children of Kings is narrated by Max Bellmore.

Is The Children of Kings worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.7 hours, saving 4.3 hours.