The Last Sword Maker: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Course of Empire series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Last Sword Maker runs 12.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Bradford Hastings (about 8.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 25 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 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 12.3 hours, it runs longer than 79% of the 6,730 Action & Adventure (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Course of Empire Series
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 36.1 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Last Sword Maker | 12.3 hrs |
| 2 | Five Tribes | 11.8 hrs |
| 3 | The Great Unmaking | 12 hrs |
More narrated by Bradford Hastings
Bradford Hastings narrates 93 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 950 hours in all.
About as long, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) shelf
940 Action & Adventure (Fiction) 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 Last Sword Maker is book 1 of Brian A. Nelson's Course of Empire series: a 12.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Bradford Hastings, released October 16, 2018, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Bradford Hastings
- Released
- October 16, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Action & Adventure (Fiction)
- Series
- The Course of Empire Series #1
- ISBN
- 9781538479261
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Last Sword Maker as an audiobook?
The Last Sword Maker runs 12.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.2 hours.
Is The Last Sword Maker free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Last Sword Maker?
The Last Sword Maker is narrated by Bradford Hastings.
Is The Last Sword Maker worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.2 hours, saving 4.1 hours.