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The Rat's Realm by Douglas Hirt

The Rat's Realm: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Warlings series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Rat's Realm runs 7.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by John Forbes (about 5.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

7.9listening hrs
Fantasystore shelf
2017released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 7.9 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Rat's Realm at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day16 days
1 hour / day8 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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What our data says

  • At 7.9 hours, it is shorter than 57% of the 12,109 Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Fantasy shelf

1,676 Fantasy 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 Rat's Realm is book 1 of Douglas Hirt's Warlings series: a 7.9-hour unabridged recording, read by John Forbes, released June 7, 2017, on the Fantasy shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
7.9 hrs
Narrated by
John Forbes
Released
June 7, 2017
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Fantasy
Series
Warlings #1
ISBN
9781614539544

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Rat's Realm as an audiobook?

The Rat's Realm runs 7.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.3 hours.

Is The Rat's Realm free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Rat's Realm?

The Rat's Realm is narrated by John Forbes.