The High Druid's Blade: The Defenders of Shannara: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Defenders of Shannara series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The High Druid's Blade: The Defenders of Shannara runs 10.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Simon Vance (about 6.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 21 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 10.3 hours, it runs longer than 65% of the 4,338 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Simon Vance
Simon Vance narrates 334 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,407 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf
653 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Dark Matter
- Star Wars: The Old Republic - Legends: Revan
- Star Wars: The Old Republic - Legends: Deceived
- 1986 - Book 1: Hunted in Time
- The Left Hand of Darkness
Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The High Druid's Blade: The Defenders of Shannara is book 1 of Terry Brooks's Defenders of Shannara series: a 10.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Simon Vance, released July 8, 2014, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) and Epic Fantasy shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Simon Vance
- Released
- July 8, 2014
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Action & Adventure (Fiction), Epic Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Series
- The Defenders of Shannara #1
- ISBN
- 9780804190640
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The High Druid's Blade: The Defenders of Shannara as an audiobook?
The High Druid's Blade: The Defenders of Shannara runs 10.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.9 hours.
Is The High Druid's Blade: The Defenders of Shannara free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The High Druid's Blade: The Defenders of Shannara?
The High Druid's Blade: The Defenders of Shannara is narrated by Simon Vance.
Is The High Druid's Blade: The Defenders of Shannara worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.9 hours, saving 3.4 hours.