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The Golden City by John Twelve Hawks

The Golden City: Audiobook

Book 3 of the Fourth Realm series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Golden City runs 11.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Scott Brick (about 8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

11.9listening hrs
Fantasystore shelf
2009released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 11.9 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Golden City at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day24 days
1 hour / day12 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

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What our data says

  • At 11.9 hours, it runs longer than 74% of the 12,109 Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Fantasy shelf

1,762 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 Golden City is book 3 of John Twelve Hawks's Fourth Realm series: a 11.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Scott Brick, released September 8, 2009, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) and Fantasy shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
11.9 hrs
Narrated by
Scott Brick
Released
September 8, 2009
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Action & Adventure (Fiction), Fantasy
Series
Fourth Realm Trilogy #3
ISBN
9780739316436

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Golden City as an audiobook?

The Golden City runs 11.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8 hours.

Is The Golden City free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Golden City?

The Golden City is narrated by Scott Brick.

Is The Golden City worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8 hours, saving 4 hours.