The Iron Road: Audiobook
Book 3 of the Tales of the Plains series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Iron Road runs 16.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Sara Powell (about 11.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 16.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 34 days |
| 1 hour / day | 17 days |
| 2 hours / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 12 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 16.6 hours, it runs longer than 90% of the 12,109 Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Tales of the Plains
This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 30 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 46.6 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Hunters | 13.1 hrs |
| 2 | The Company of the Wolf | 16.9 hrs |
| 3 | The Iron Road | 16.6 hrs |
More narrated by Sara Powell
Sara Powell narrates 33 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 255 hours in all.
About as long, on the Fantasy shelf
789 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 Iron Road is book 3 of David Wragg's Tales of the Plains series: a 16.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Sara Powell, released November 13, 2025, on the Fantasy and Epic Fantasy shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 16.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Sara Powell
- Released
- November 13, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
- Series
- Tales of the Plains #3
- ISBN
- 9780008533854
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Iron Road as an audiobook?
The Iron Road runs 16.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.1 hours.
Is The Iron Road free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Iron Road?
The Iron Road is narrated by Sara Powell.
Is The Iron Road worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.1 hours, saving 5.5 hours.