The Moon’s Shadow: Audiobook
Book 8 of the Saga of the Skolian Empire series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Moon’s Shadow runs 12.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Dennis Holland (about 8.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 26 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 12.6 hours, it runs longer than 74% of the 2,721 Space Opera audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Saga of the Skolian Empire Series
This is book 8. Books 1 to 7 run 91.6 hours before it; books 1 to 11 run 140.4 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Primary Inversion | 11.3 hrs |
| 2 | Catch the Lightning | 11.5 hrs |
| 3 | The Radiant Seas | 15.5 hrs |
| 4 | The Last Hawk | 13.9 hrs |
| 5 | Ascendant Sun | 12 hrs |
| 6 | The Quantum Rose | 13.4 hrs |
| 7 | Spherical Harmonic | 14.1 hrs |
| 8 | The Moon’s Shadow | 12.6 hrs |
| 9 | Skyfall | 10.2 hrs |
| 10 | Schism: Part One of Triad | 14 hrs |
| 11 | The Final Key: Part Two of Triad | 12.1 hrs |
More narrated by Dennis Holland
Dennis Holland narrates 23 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 190 hours in all.
- I Know What You Did Last Summer
- Killing Mr. Griffin
- Rescue
- Mansions of the Heart: Exploring the Seven Stages of Spiritual Growth
- The Church Awakening: An Urgent Call for Renewal
About as long, on the Space Opera shelf
445 Space Opera 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 Moon’s Shadow is book 8 of Catherine Asaro's Saga of the Skolian Empire series: a 12.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Dennis Holland, released February 7, 2017, on the Space Opera shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Dennis Holland
- Released
- February 7, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Space Opera
- Series
- The Saga of the Skolian Empire Series #8
- ISBN
- 9781441747358
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Moon’s Shadow as an audiobook?
The Moon’s Shadow runs 12.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.4 hours.
Is The Moon’s Shadow free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Moon’s Shadow?
The Moon’s Shadow is narrated by Dennis Holland.
Is The Moon’s Shadow worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.4 hours, saving 4.2 hours.