The Cold Commands: Audiobook
Book 2 of the A Land Fit for Heroes series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Cold Commands runs 16.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Simon Vance (about 11.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 16.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 34 days |
| 1 hour / day | 17 days |
| 2 hours / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 12 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 16.9 hours, it runs longer than 74% of the 4,887 Epic Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on A Land Fit for Heroes
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 15 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 55.9 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Steel Remains | 15 hrs |
| 2 | The Cold Commands | 16.9 hrs |
| 3 | The Dark Defiles | 24.1 hrs |
More narrated by Simon Vance
Simon Vance narrates 793 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 8,393 hours in all.
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- Dune Messiah: Book Two in the Dune Chronicles
- Fire & Blood (HBO Tie-in Edition): 300 Years Before A Game of Thrones
- The House in the Woods
- The Girl in the Spider's Web: A Lisbeth Salander Novel
About as long, on the Epic Fantasy shelf
678 Epic 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 Cold Commands is book 2 of Richard K. Morgan's A Land Fit for Heroes series: a 16.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Simon Vance, released October 17, 2011, on the Epic Fantasy and Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 16.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Simon Vance
- Released
- October 17, 2011
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Epic Fantasy, Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
- Series
- A Land Fit for Heroes #2
- ISBN
- 9781400188444
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Cold Commands as an audiobook?
The Cold Commands runs 16.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.2 hours.
Is The Cold Commands free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Cold Commands?
The Cold Commands is narrated by Simon Vance.
Is The Cold Commands worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.2 hours, saving 5.6 hours.