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The Hydra: The Hercules Cycle Book I by Varan Merten

The Hydra: The Hercules Cycle Book I: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Hercules Cycle series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Hydra: The Hercules Cycle Book I runs 5.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Chasmandala (about 3.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

5.9listening hrs
Animals & Nature (Kids)store shelf
2022released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 5.9 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Hydra: The Hercules Cycle Book I at common listening paces
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30 min / day12 days
1 hour / day6 days
2 hours / day3 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×4 days

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What our data says

  • At 5.9 hours, it runs longer than 90% of the 7,218 Animals & Nature (Kids) audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Animals & Nature (Kids) shelf

286 Animals & Nature (Kids) 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 Hydra: The Hercules Cycle Book I is book 1 of Varan Merten's Hercules Cycle series: a 5.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Chasmandala, released May 14, 2022, on the Animals & Nature (Kids) and Fairy Tales & Folklore (Literature) shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
5.9 hrs
Narrated by
Chasmandala
Released
May 14, 2022
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Animals & Nature (Kids), Fairy Tales & Folklore (Literature), Fairy Tales & Folklore (Kids)
Series
The Hercules Cycle #1
ISBN
9781669643661

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Hydra: The Hercules Cycle Book I as an audiobook?

The Hydra: The Hercules Cycle Book I runs 5.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.9 hours.

Is The Hydra: The Hercules Cycle Book I free as an audiobook?

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Who narrates The Hydra: The Hercules Cycle Book I?

The Hydra: The Hercules Cycle Book I is narrated by Chasmandala.