The Kingsbane: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Empirium series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Kingsbane runs 22.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Fiona Hardingham (about 15 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 22.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 45 days |
| 1 hour / day | 23 days |
| 2 hours / day | 12 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 15 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 22.4 hours, it runs longer than 98% of the 5,647 Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Empirium Trilogy
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 17.4 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 64.2 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Furyborn | 17.4 hrs |
| 2 | The Kingsbane | 22.4 hrs |
| 3 | Lightbringer | 24.3 hrs |
More narrated by Fiona Hardingham
Fiona Hardingham narrates 284 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,122 hours in all.
About as long, on the Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal shelf
80 Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal 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 Kingsbane is book 2 of Claire Legrand's Empirium series: a 22.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Fiona Hardingham, released May 21, 2019, on the Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 22.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Fiona Hardingham
- Released
- May 21, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal
- Series
- The Empirium Trilogy #2
- ISBN
- 9780525638964
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Kingsbane as an audiobook?
The Kingsbane runs 22.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 15 hours.
Is The Kingsbane free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Kingsbane?
The Kingsbane is narrated by Fiona Hardingham.
Is The Kingsbane worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 15 hours, saving 7.5 hours.