The Shadow Queen: Audiobook
Book 5 of the World of Hetar series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Shadow Queen runs 19.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Christine Rendel (about 13 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 19.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 39 days |
| 1 hour / day | 20 days |
| 2 hours / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 13 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 19.5 hours, it runs longer than 98% of the 1,683 Romantica audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on World of Hetar
This is book 5. Books 1 to 4 run 77.2 hours before it; books 1 to 6 run 111.6 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lara | 18.8 hrs |
| 2 | A Distant Tomorrow | 19.2 hrs |
| 3 | The Twilight Lord | 19.4 hrs |
| 4 | The Sorceress of Belmair | 19.7 hrs |
| 5 | The Shadow Queen | 19.5 hrs |
| 6 | Crown of Destiny | 14.9 hrs |
More narrated by Christine Rendel
Christine Rendel narrates 87 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 925 hours in all.
About as long, on the Romantica shelf
27 Romantica 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 Shadow Queen is book 5 of Bertrice Small's World of Hetar series: a 19.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Christine Rendel, released February 23, 2021, on the Romantica shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 19.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Christine Rendel
- Released
- February 23, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Romantica
- Series
- World of Hetar #5
- ISBN
- 9781494549039
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Shadow Queen as an audiobook?
The Shadow Queen runs 19.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 13 hours.
Is The Shadow Queen free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Shadow Queen?
The Shadow Queen is narrated by Christine Rendel.
Is The Shadow Queen worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 13 hours, saving 6.5 hours.