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The Shattered Chain by Marion Zimmer Bradley

The Shattered Chain: Audiobook

Book 10 of the Darkover series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Shattered Chain runs 11.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Alyssa Bresnahan (about 7.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

11.3listening hrs
Science Fictionstore shelf
2018released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 11.3 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Shattered Chain at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day23 days
1 hour / day12 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

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

What our data says

  • At 11.3 hours, it runs longer than 70% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Alyssa Bresnahan

Alyssa Bresnahan narrates 215 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,433 hours in all.

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About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf

2,078 Science 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 Shattered Chain is book 10 of Marion Zimmer Bradley's Darkover series: a 11.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Alyssa Bresnahan, released January 15, 2018, on the Fantasy and Science Fiction shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
11.3 hrs
Narrated by
Alyssa Bresnahan
Released
January 15, 2018
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Fantasy, Science Fiction
Series
Darkover #10
ISBN
9781501970900

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Shattered Chain as an audiobook?

The Shattered Chain runs 11.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.5 hours.

Is The Shattered Chain free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Shattered Chain?

The Shattered Chain is narrated by Alyssa Bresnahan.

Is The Shattered Chain worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.5 hours, saving 3.8 hours.