The Empress of Salt and Fortune: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Singing Hills Cycle series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Empress of Salt and Fortune runs 2.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Cindy Kay (about 1.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 2.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day | 3 days |
| 2 hours / day | 2 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 2 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 2.4 hours, it is shorter than 97% of the 4,887 Epic Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Singing Hills Cycle
This is book 1. Books 1 to 7 run 18.3 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Empress of Salt and Fortune | 2.4 hrs |
| 2 | When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain | 2.3 hrs |
| 3 | Into the Riverlands | 2.4 hrs |
| 4 | Mammoths at the Gates | 2.9 hrs |
| 5 | The Brides of High Hill | 2.6 hrs |
| 6 | A Mouthful of Dust | 2.2 hrs |
| 7 | A Long and Speaking Silence | 3.4 hrs |
More narrated by Cindy Kay
Cindy Kay narrates 392 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,560 hours in all.
About as long, on the Epic Fantasy shelf
33 Epic Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Of Gods and Men
- When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain
- Flowers for the Sea
- Into the Riverlands
- Rules for a Knight
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 Empress of Salt and Fortune is book 1 of Nghi Vo's Singing Hills Cycle series: a 2.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Cindy Kay, released July 31, 2020, on the Epic Fantasy and LGBTQ+ (Fiction) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 2.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Cindy Kay
- Released
- July 31, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Epic Fantasy, LGBTQ+ (Fiction)
- Series
- Singing Hills Cycle #1
- ISBN
- 9781705246863
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Empress of Salt and Fortune as an audiobook?
The Empress of Salt and Fortune runs 2.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 1.6 hours.
Is The Empress of Salt and Fortune free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Empress of Salt and Fortune?
The Empress of Salt and Fortune is narrated by Cindy Kay.