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The Obsidian Tower by Melissa Caruso

The Obsidian Tower: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Rooks and Ruin series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Obsidian Tower runs 14.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Senn Annis (about 9.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

14.5listening hrs
Epic Fantasystore shelf
2020released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 14.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Obsidian Tower at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day29 days
1 hour / day15 days
2 hours / day8 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×10 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 14.5 hours, it runs longer than 63% of the 4,887 Epic Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on The Rooks and Ruin Series

This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 47.6 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1The Obsidian Tower14.5 hrs
2The Quicksilver Court16.6 hrs
3The Ivory Tomb16.5 hrs

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 Tower is book 1 of Melissa Caruso's Rooks and Ruin series: a 14.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Senn Annis, released December 22, 2020, on the Coming of Age and Epic Fantasy shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
14.5 hrs
Narrated by
Senn Annis
Released
December 22, 2020
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Coming of Age, Epic Fantasy
Series
The Rooks and Ruin Series #1
ISBN
9781799969679

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Obsidian Tower as an audiobook?

The Obsidian Tower runs 14.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.7 hours.

Is The Obsidian Tower free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Obsidian Tower?

The Obsidian Tower is narrated by Senn Annis.

Is The Obsidian Tower worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.7 hours, saving 4.8 hours.