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The Puzzler’s War by Eyal Kless

The Puzzler’s War: Audiobook

Book 2 of the Tarakan Chronicles series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Puzzler’s War runs 17.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Michael David Axtell (about 11.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

17.5listening hrs
Science Fictionstore shelf
2020released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 17.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Puzzler’s War at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day35 days
1 hour / day18 days
2 hours / day9 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×12 days

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

What our data says

  • At 17.5 hours, it runs longer than 93% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on The Tarakan Chronicles

This is book 2. Book 1 runs 10.7 hours before it; books 1 to 2 run 28.2 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1The Lost Puzzler10.7 hrs
2The Puzzler’s War17.5 hrs

About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf

686 Science Fiction 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 Puzzler’s War is book 2 of Eyal Kless's Tarakan Chronicles series: a 17.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Michael David Axtell, released January 23, 2020, on the Apocalyptic & Dystopian and Epic Fantasy shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
17.5 hrs
Narrated by
Michael David Axtell
Released
January 23, 2020
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Apocalyptic & Dystopian, Epic Fantasy, Science Fiction
Series
The Tarakan Chronicles #2
ISBN
9780008272357

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Puzzler’s War as an audiobook?

The Puzzler’s War runs 17.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.7 hours.

Is The Puzzler’s War free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Puzzler’s War?

The Puzzler’s War is narrated by Michael David Axtell.

Is The Puzzler’s War worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.7 hours, saving 5.8 hours.