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The Hidden Family: Book Two of Merchant Princes by Charles Stross

The Hidden Family: Book Two of Merchant Princes: Audiobook

Book 2 of the Merchant Princes series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Hidden Family: Book Two of Merchant Princes runs 11.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Kate Reading (about 7.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

11.9listening hrs
Fantasystore shelf
2015released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 11.9 hours of listening.

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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.

Catching up on Merchant Princes

This is book 2. Book 1 runs 11.8 hours before it; books 1 to 6 run 75.2 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1The Family Trade: A Fantasy Novel11.8 hrs
2The Hidden Family: Book Two of Merchant Princes11.9 hrs
3The Clan Corporate: Book Three of The Merchant Princes12.3 hrs
4The Merchants' War: Book Four of the Merchant Princes14.5 hrs
5The Revolution Business: Book Five of the Merchant Princes12.7 hrs
6The Trade of Queens: Book Six of the Merchant Princes12 hrs

About as long, on the Fantasy shelf

1,771 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 Hidden Family: Book Two of Merchant Princes is book 2 of Charles Stross's Merchant Princes series: a 11.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Kate Reading, released February 17, 2015, on the Fantasy shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
11.9 hrs
Narrated by
Kate Reading
Released
February 17, 2015
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Fantasy
Series
Merchant Princes #2
ISBN
9781427262851

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Hidden Family: Book Two of Merchant Princes as an audiobook?

The Hidden Family: Book Two of Merchant Princes runs 11.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.9 hours.

Is The Hidden Family: Book Two of Merchant Princes free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Hidden Family: Book Two of Merchant Princes?

The Hidden Family: Book Two of Merchant Princes is narrated by Kate Reading.

Is The Hidden Family: Book Two of Merchant Princes worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.9 hours, saving 4 hours.