The Mask of Command: Audiobook
Book 4 of the Twilight of Empire series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Mask of Command runs 14 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Jonathan Keeble (about 9.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 14 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 28 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 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 14 hours, it runs longer than 82% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Twilight of Empire
This is book 4. Books 1 to 3 run 44.3 hours before it; books 1 to 6 run 86.1 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | War at the Edge of the World | 13.8 hrs |
| 2 | Swords Around The Throne | 14.7 hrs |
| 3 | Battle for Rome | 15.8 hrs |
| 4 | The Mask of Command | 14 hrs |
| 5 | Imperial Vengeance: Twilight of Empire, Book 5 | 13.1 hrs |
| 6 | Triumph in Dust | 14.7 hrs |
More narrated by Jonathan Keeble
Jonathan Keeble narrates 378 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,136 hours in all.
About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf
1,975 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Before We Were Yours
- The Women
- The Four Winds
- The Giver of Stars: Reese's Book Club
- The Alice Network
Other recordings
- The 2026 recording read by Peter Noble runs 2 hours longer (16 hours).
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 Mask of Command is book 4 of Ian Ross's Twilight of Empire series: a 14-hour unabridged recording, read by Jonathan Keeble, released March 2, 2017, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 14 hrs
- Narrated by
- Jonathan Keeble
- Released
- March 2, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction)
- Series
- Twilight of Empire #4
- ISBN
- 9781510062252
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Mask of Command as an audiobook?
The Mask of Command runs 14 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.3 hours.
Is The Mask of Command free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Mask of Command?
The Mask of Command is narrated by Jonathan Keeble.
Is The Mask of Command worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.3 hours, saving 4.7 hours.