The Sea and the Sand: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Sam Ireland series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Sea and the Sand runs 11.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Nicholas Boulton (about 7.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 24 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 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 11.7 hours, it runs longer than 72% of the 2,576 Legal & Political audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Sam Ireland
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 9.5 hours before it; books 1 to 4 run 43.9 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charlie | 9.5 hrs |
| 2 | The Sea and the Sand | 11.7 hrs |
| 3 | Too Close to Home | 13.7 hrs |
| 4 | Before | 9 hrs |
More narrated by Nicholas Boulton
Nicholas Boulton narrates 84 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,176 hours in all.
About as long, on the Legal & Political shelf
601 Legal & Political audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Judge's List
- The Terminal List
- The Guardians
- The President Is Missing
- The Broker
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 Sea and the Sand is book 2 of Finn Óg's Sam Ireland series: a 11.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Nicholas Boulton, released March 20, 2025, on the Legal & Political shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Nicholas Boulton
- Released
- March 20, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Legal & Political
- Series
- Sam Ireland #2
- ISBN
- 9781004194780
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Sea and the Sand as an audiobook?
The Sea and the Sand runs 11.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.8 hours.
Is The Sea and the Sand free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Sea and the Sand?
The Sea and the Sand is narrated by Nicholas Boulton.
Is The Sea and the Sand worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.8 hours, saving 3.9 hours.