The Shadows Beyond: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Shadow and Light Duology series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Shadows Beyond runs 12.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Lance West and Sean Hardisty (about 8.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 25 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 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 12.1 hours, it runs longer than 75% of the 12,109 Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Shadow and Light Duology
This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 24.3 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Shadows Beyond | 12.1 hrs |
| 2 | The Light Within | 12.1 hrs |
More narrated by Lance West
Lance West narrates 81 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 760 hours in all.
About as long, on the Fantasy shelf
1,700 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 Shadows Beyond is book 1 of TJ Rose's Shadow and Light Duology series: a 12.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Lance West and Sean Hardisty, released August 26, 2025, on the Romantasy (Romance) and LGBTQ+ (Romance) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Lance West, Sean Hardisty
- Released
- August 26, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Romantasy (Romance), LGBTQ+ (Romance), Fantasy
- Series
- Shadow and Light Duology #1
- ISBN
- 9798331957445
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Shadows Beyond as an audiobook?
The Shadows Beyond runs 12.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.1 hours.
Is The Shadows Beyond free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Shadows Beyond?
The Shadows Beyond is narrated by Lance West and Sean Hardisty.
Is The Shadows Beyond worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.1 hours, saving 4 hours.