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The Forbidden City by John McNally

The Forbidden City: Audiobook

Book 2 of the Infinity Drake series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Forbidden City runs 9.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Sean Ohlendorf (about 6.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9.5listening hrs
Mystery & Fantasystore shelf
2015released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 9.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Forbidden City at common listening paces
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30 min / day19 days
1 hour / day10 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×7 days

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What our data says

  • At 9.5 hours, it runs longer than 89% of the 7,923 Mystery & Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Infinity Drake

This is book 2. Book 1 runs 9.5 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 28.4 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1The Sons of Scarlatti9.5 hrs
2The Forbidden City9.5 hrs
3Giant Killer9.3 hrs

More narrated by Sean Ohlendorf

Sean Ohlendorf narrates 4 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 36 hours in all.

About as long, on the Mystery & Fantasy shelf

658 Mystery & 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 Forbidden City is book 2 of John McNally's Infinity Drake series: a 9.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Sean Ohlendorf, released September 3, 2015, on the Action & Adventure (Kids) and Mystery & Fantasy shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
9.5 hrs
Narrated by
Sean Ohlendorf
Released
September 3, 2015
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Action & Adventure (Kids), Mystery & Fantasy
Series
Infinity Drake #2
ISBN
9780007583478

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Forbidden City as an audiobook?

The Forbidden City runs 9.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.4 hours.

Is The Forbidden City free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates The Forbidden City?

The Forbidden City is narrated by Sean Ohlendorf.