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The President’s Shadow: The addictive new thriller from Sunday Times bestselling author featuring an iconic hero by James Patterson

The President’s Shadow: The addictive new thriller from Sunday Times bestselling author featuring an iconic hero: Audiobook

Book 3 of the Shadow series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The President’s Shadow: The addictive new thriller from Sunday Times bestselling author featuring an iconic hero runs 8.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Ferdelle Capistrano and Sean Patrick Hopkins (about 5.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

8.5listening hrs
Apocalyptic & Dystopianstore shelf
2025released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 8.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish The President’s Shadow: The addictive new thriller from Sunday Times bestselling author featuring an iconic hero at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day17 days
1 hour / day9 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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What our data says

  • At 8.5 hours, it is shorter than 54% of the 3,417 Apocalyptic & Dystopian audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on The Shadow

This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 20.3 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 28.8 hours in all.

About as long, on the Apocalyptic & Dystopian shelf

505 Apocalyptic & Dystopian 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 President’s Shadow: The addictive new thriller from Sunday Times bestselling author featuring an iconic hero is book 3 of James Patterson's Shadow series: a 8.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Ferdelle Capistrano and Sean Patrick Hopkins, released August 14, 2025, on the Apocalyptic & Dystopian shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
8.5 hrs
Narrated by
Ferdelle Capistrano, Sean Patrick Hopkins
Released
August 14, 2025
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Apocalyptic & Dystopian
Series
The Shadow #3
ISBN
9781804957028

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The President’s Shadow: The addictive new thriller from Sunday Times bestselling author featuring an iconic hero as an audiobook?

The President’s Shadow: The addictive new thriller from Sunday Times bestselling author featuring an iconic hero runs 8.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.7 hours.

Is The President’s Shadow: The addictive new thriller from Sunday Times bestselling author featuring an iconic hero free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The President’s Shadow: The addictive new thriller from Sunday Times bestselling author featuring an iconic hero?

The President’s Shadow: The addictive new thriller from Sunday Times bestselling author featuring an iconic hero is narrated by Ferdelle Capistrano and Sean Patrick Hopkins.