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The Lost Metal: Audiobook

As an audiobook, The Lost Metal runs an estimated 15.6 hours (about 10.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

15.6est. listening hrs
4.4★15 ratings
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The instrumentWhen will you finish it?

Based on 15.6 hours of listening (estimated).

Days to finish The Lost Metal at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day32 days
1 hour / day16 days
2 hours / day8 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×11 days

What our data says

  • At 15.6 hours (estimated), it runs longer than 84% of the fantasy audiobooks we measured.
  • That's 42% longer than the average fantasy audiobook (11 hrs across 1861 titles in our dataset).

Computed from fantasy audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset (build ); listening time estimated from page count. Methodology.

Who is this for?

Best for fantasy listeners who want epic quests and a historical setting: a long-haul epic at 15.6 hours (estimated).

About the book

"Michael Kramer is my favorite among all audiobook narrators. I was thrilled to have him on the Mistborn series, and he did such an amazing job I can’t imagine having anyone else be the voice of these characters." —Brandon Sanderson Return to #1 New York Times bestseller Brandon Sanderson’s Mistborn world of Scadrial as its second era, which began with The Alloy of Law , comes to its earth-shattering conclusion in The Lost Metal. For years, frontier lawman turned big-city senator Waxillium Ladrian has hunted the shadowy organization the Set—with his late uncle and his sister among their leaders—since they started kidnapping people with the power of Allomancy in their bloodlines. When Detective Marasi Colms and her partner Wayne find stockpiled weapons bound for the Outer City of Bilming, this opens a new lead.

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Lost Metal as an audiobook?

The Lost Metal runs about 15.6 hours, our estimate from its 528 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.4 hours.

Is The Lost Metal free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Is The Lost Metal worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.4 hours, saving 5.2 hours. Most listeners adjust to 1.25–1.5× within a chapter or two.

When was The Lost Metal first published?

The Lost Metal by Brandon Sanderson was first published in 2022.