The Dragon King: Audiobook
Book 3 of the Crimson Shadow series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Dragon King runs 14 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by David Drummond (about 9.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 14 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 28 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 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 14 hours, it runs longer than 60% of the 4,887 Epic Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Crimson Shadow
This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 21 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 35 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Sword of Bedwyr | 9.5 hrs |
| 2 | Luthien's Gamble | 11.5 hrs |
| 3 | The Dragon King | 14 hrs |
More narrated by David Drummond
David Drummond narrates 142 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,696 hours in all.
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- The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World
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- Warstrider
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About as long, on the Epic Fantasy shelf
848 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 Dragon King is book 3 of R.A. Salvatore's Crimson Shadow series: a 14-hour unabridged recording, read by David Drummond, released August 17, 2010, on the Epic Fantasy and Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 14 hrs
- Narrated by
- David Drummond
- Released
- August 17, 2010
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Epic Fantasy, Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
- Series
- Crimson Shadow #3
- ISBN
- 9781400183586
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Dragon King as an audiobook?
The Dragon King runs 14 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.3 hours.
Is The Dragon King free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Dragon King?
The Dragon King is narrated by David Drummond.
Is The Dragon King worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.3 hours, saving 4.7 hours.