The Custodian Chronicles: The Tragedy of Hazel Hardcastle: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Custodian Chronicles series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Custodian Chronicles: The Tragedy of Hazel Hardcastle runs 22.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Gareth Watson (about 15 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 22.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 45 days |
| 1 hour / day | 23 days |
| 2 hours / day | 12 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 15 days |
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What our data says
- At 22.5 hours, it runs longer than 96% of the 12,109 Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.
About as long, on the Fantasy shelf
313 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 Custodian Chronicles: The Tragedy of Hazel Hardcastle is book 1 of Gareth Watson's Custodian Chronicles series: a 22.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Gareth Watson, released August 10, 2025, on the Fantasy and LGBTQ+ (Romance) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 22.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Gareth Watson
- Released
- August 10, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Fantasy, LGBTQ+ (Romance)
- Series
- The Custodian Chronicles #1
- ISBN
- 9781068459627
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Custodian Chronicles: The Tragedy of Hazel Hardcastle as an audiobook?
The Custodian Chronicles: The Tragedy of Hazel Hardcastle runs 22.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 15 hours.
Is The Custodian Chronicles: The Tragedy of Hazel Hardcastle free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Custodian Chronicles: The Tragedy of Hazel Hardcastle?
The Custodian Chronicles: The Tragedy of Hazel Hardcastle is narrated by Gareth Watson.
Is The Custodian Chronicles: The Tragedy of Hazel Hardcastle worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 15 hours, saving 7.5 hours.