The Nightmare Queen: The King and the Assassin, Book 3: Audiobook
Book 3 of the King and the Assassin series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Nightmare Queen: The King and the Assassin, Book 3 runs 8.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Nikki Massoud and Fajer Al-Kaisi (about 5.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 18 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 8.7 hours, it is shorter than 56% of the 7,781 Romantasy (Romance) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The King and the Assassin
This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 23.9 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 32.6 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Assassin Bride: The King and the Assassin, Book 1 | 13.2 hrs |
| 2 | The Neverseen King: The King and the Assassin, Book 2 | 10.8 hrs |
| 3 | The Nightmare Queen: The King and the Assassin, Book 3 | 8.7 hrs |
More narrated by Nikki Massoud
Nikki Massoud narrates 98 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,081 hours in all.
About as long, on the Romantasy (Romance) shelf
1,149 Romantasy (Romance) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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- Fourth Wing (1 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation]: The Empyrean 1
- A Court of Mist and Fury (2 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation]: A Court of Thorns and Roses 2
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- Witch's Curse
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 Nightmare Queen: The King and the Assassin, Book 3 is book 3 of Anastasis Blythe's King and the Assassin series: a 8.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Nikki Massoud and Fajer Al-Kaisi, released December 23, 2025, on the Romantasy (Romance) and Romantasy (Science Fiction & Fantasy) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Nikki Massoud, Fajer Al-Kaisi
- Released
- December 23, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Romantasy (Romance), Romantasy (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
- Series
- The King and the Assassin #3
- ISBN
- 9781039475281
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Nightmare Queen: The King and the Assassin, Book 3 as an audiobook?
The Nightmare Queen: The King and the Assassin, Book 3 runs 8.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.8 hours.
Is The Nightmare Queen: The King and the Assassin, Book 3 free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates The Nightmare Queen: The King and the Assassin, Book 3?
The Nightmare Queen: The King and the Assassin, Book 3 is narrated by Nikki Massoud and Fajer Al-Kaisi.