The Contraband Shore: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Contraband Shore series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Contraband Shore runs 10.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Peter Noble (about 7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 21 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 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 10.5 hours, it runs longer than 65% of the 6,730 Action & Adventure (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Contraband Shore
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 33.9 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Contraband Shore | 10.5 hrs |
| 2 | A Lawless Place | 11.1 hrs |
| 3 | Blood Will Out | 12.3 hrs |
More narrated by Peter Noble
Peter Noble narrates 336 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,121 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) shelf
1,214 Action & Adventure (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 Contraband Shore is book 1 of David Donachie's Contraband Shore series: a 10.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Peter Noble, released March 1, 2018, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Peter Noble
- Released
- March 1, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Action & Adventure (Fiction)
- Series
- Contraband Shore #1
- ISBN
- 9781407971094
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Contraband Shore as an audiobook?
The Contraband Shore runs 10.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7 hours.
Is The Contraband Shore free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Contraband Shore?
The Contraband Shore is narrated by Peter Noble.
Is The Contraband Shore worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7 hours, saving 3.5 hours.