The Heart of War: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Of War series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Heart of War runs 19.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Lisa Beth Darling (about 13 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 19.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 39 days |
| 1 hour / day | 20 days |
| 2 hours / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 13 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 19.5 hours, it runs longer than 94% of the 12,109 Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Of War
This is book 1. Books 1 to 4 run 49.9 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Heart of War | 19.5 hrs |
| 2 | Child of War-A God is Born | 14.3 hrs |
| 3 | Christmas Eve on Olympus: N/A | 0.7 hrs |
| 4 | Child of War-Rising Son | 15.2 hrs |
More narrated by Lisa Beth Darling
Lisa Beth Darling narrates 4 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 50 hours in all.
About as long, on the Fantasy shelf
494 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 Heart of War is book 1 of Lisa Beth Darling's Of War series: a 19.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Lisa Beth Darling, released March 21, 2019, on the Fantasy and Romantasy (Romance) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 19.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Lisa Beth Darling
- Released
- March 21, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Fantasy, Romantasy (Romance), Epic Fantasy
- Series
- Of War #1
- ISBN
- 9781987127966
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Heart of War as an audiobook?
The Heart of War runs 19.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 13 hours.
Is The Heart of War free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Heart of War?
The Heart of War is narrated by Lisa Beth Darling.
Is The Heart of War worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 13 hours, saving 6.5 hours.