The Dread: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Fallen Kings Cycle series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Dread runs 20 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Kirby Heyborne (about 13.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 20 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 40 days |
| 1 hour / day | 20 days |
| 2 hours / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 14 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 20 hours, it runs longer than 96% of the 6,730 Action & Adventure (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Fallen Kings Cycle
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 17.4 hours before it; books 1 to 2 run 37.5 hours in all.
More narrated by Kirby Heyborne
Kirby Heyborne narrates 779 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 7,134 hours in all.
About as long, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) shelf
168 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 Dread is book 2 of Gail Z. Martin's Fallen Kings Cycle series: a 20-hour unabridged recording, read by Kirby Heyborne, released February 1, 2012, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) and Epic Fantasy shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 20 hrs
- Narrated by
- Kirby Heyborne
- Released
- February 1, 2012
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Action & Adventure (Fiction), Epic Fantasy
- Series
- Fallen Kings Cycle #2
- ISBN
- 9781452670522
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Dread as an audiobook?
The Dread runs 20 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 13.4 hours.
Is The Dread free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Dread?
The Dread is narrated by Kirby Heyborne.
Is The Dread worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 13.4 hours, saving 6.7 hours.