The Runaway King (The Ascendance Series, Book 2): Audiobook
Book 2 of the Ascendance series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Runaway King (The Ascendance Series, Book 2) runs 8.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Charlie McWade (about 5.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 17 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 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 8.5 hours, it runs longer than 95% of the 5,327 Non-fiction (Kids) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Ascendance Trilogy
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 8.3 hours before it; books 1 to 4 run 36 hours in all.
More narrated by Charlie McWade
Charlie McWade narrates 4 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 28 hours in all.
About as long, on the Non-fiction (Kids) shelf
228 Non-fiction (Kids) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Dragonet Prophecy (Wings of Fire #1)
- The False Prince (The Ascendance Series, Book 1)
- The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell
- The Land of Stories: Beyond the Kingdoms
- The Lost Continent (Wings of Fire, Book 11)
Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Runaway King (The Ascendance Series, Book 2) is book 2 of Jennifer A. Nielsen's Ascendance series: a 8.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Charlie McWade, released March 1, 2013, on the Mystery & Fantasy and Non-fiction (Kids) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Charlie McWade
- Released
- March 1, 2013
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Mystery & Fantasy, Non-fiction (Kids)
- Series
- Ascendance Trilogy #2
- ISBN
- 9780545570114
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Runaway King (The Ascendance Series, Book 2) as an audiobook?
The Runaway King (The Ascendance Series, Book 2) runs 8.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.6 hours.
Is The Runaway King (The Ascendance Series, Book 2) free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates The Runaway King (The Ascendance Series, Book 2)?
The Runaway King (The Ascendance Series, Book 2) is narrated by Charlie McWade.