The Obsidian Heart: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Echoes of Empire series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Obsidian Heart runs 17.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Nick Podehl (about 11.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 17.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 35 days |
| 1 hour / day | 18 days |
| 2 hours / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 12 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 17.2 hours, it runs longer than 95% of the 8,772 Paranormal audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Nick Podehl
Nick Podehl narrates 268 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,376 hours in all.
- The Name of the Wind
- The Wise Man's Fear
- Black Hills
- This Book is Full of Spiders: Seriously, Dude, Don't Touch It
- The Beginning of the End
About as long, on the Paranormal shelf
324 Paranormal 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 Obsidian Heart is book 2 of Mark T. Barnes's Echoes of Empire series: a 17.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Nick Podehl, released October 15, 2013, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) and Epic Fantasy shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 17.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Nick Podehl
- Released
- October 15, 2013
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Action & Adventure (Fiction), Epic Fantasy, Paranormal
- Series
- The Echoes of Empire #2
- ISBN
- 9781480531758
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Obsidian Heart as an audiobook?
The Obsidian Heart runs 17.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.5 hours.
Is The Obsidian Heart free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Obsidian Heart?
The Obsidian Heart is narrated by Nick Podehl.
Is The Obsidian Heart worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.5 hours, saving 5.7 hours.