The Court of Broken Knives: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Empires of Dust series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Court of Broken Knives runs 16.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Colin Mace (about 11 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 16.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 33 days |
| 1 hour / day | 17 days |
| 2 hours / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 11 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 16.5 hours, it runs longer than 92% of the 6,730 Action & Adventure (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Empires of Dust
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 53 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Court of Broken Knives | 16.5 hrs |
| 2 | The Tower of Living and Dying | 17.4 hrs |
| 3 | The House of Sacrifice | 19.1 hrs |
More narrated by Colin Mace
Colin Mace narrates 212 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,267 hours in all.
About as long, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) shelf
349 Action & Adventure (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Other recordings
- The 2017 recording read by Meriel Rosenkranz and Colin Mace runs about the same length (16.6 hours).
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 Court of Broken Knives is book 1 of Anna Smith Spark's Empires of Dust series: a 16.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Colin Mace, released August 15, 2017, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) and Epic Fantasy shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 16.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Colin Mace
- Released
- August 15, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Action & Adventure (Fiction), Epic Fantasy, Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
- Series
- Empires of Dust #1
- ISBN
- 9781478995593
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Court of Broken Knives as an audiobook?
The Court of Broken Knives runs 16.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11 hours.
Is The Court of Broken Knives free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Court of Broken Knives?
The Court of Broken Knives is narrated by Colin Mace.
Is The Court of Broken Knives worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11 hours, saving 5.5 hours.