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The Scarab Path by Adrian Tchaikovsky

The Scarab Path: Audiobook

Book 5 of the Shadows of the Apt series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Scarab Path runs 26.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Ben Allen (about 17.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

26.6listening hrs
Action & Adventure (Fiction)store shelf
2021released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 26.6 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Scarab Path at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day54 days
1 hour / day27 days
2 hours / day14 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×18 days

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

What our data says

  • At 26.6 hours, it runs longer than 98% of the 6,730 Action & Adventure (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Shadows of the Apt

This is book 5. Books 1 to 4 run 81.8 hours before it; books 1 to 10 run 236.5 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Empire in Black and Gold: Begin the epic, page-turning fantasy of war and empire23.1 hrs
2Dragonfly Falling: Book Two in the Epic Fantasy Series from British Fantasy Award Winner Adrian Tchaikovsky25.7 hrs
3Blood of the Mantis16 hrs
4Salute the Dark17 hrs
5The Scarab Path26.6 hrs
6The Sea Watch27.2 hrs
7Heirs of the Blade24.8 hrs
8The Air War25.1 hrs
9War Master's Gate27.6 hrs
10Seal of the Worm23.2 hrs

More narrated by Ben Allen

Ben Allen narrates 77 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,224 hours in all.

All Ben Allen audiobooks, measured

About as long, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) shelf

92 Action & Adventure (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 Scarab Path is book 5 of Adrian Tchaikovsky's Shadows of the Apt series: a 26.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Ben Allen, released July 22, 2021, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) and Epic Fantasy shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
26.6 hrs
Narrated by
Ben Allen
Released
July 22, 2021
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Action & Adventure (Fiction), Epic Fantasy
Series
Shadows of the Apt #5
ISBN
9781529050356

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Scarab Path as an audiobook?

The Scarab Path runs 26.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 17.7 hours.

Is The Scarab Path free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Scarab Path?

The Scarab Path is narrated by Ben Allen.

Is The Scarab Path worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 17.7 hours, saving 8.9 hours.