The Shield of Hercules: Audiobook
Book 36 of the Sam Reilly series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Shield of Hercules runs 7.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by David Gilmore (about 4.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 7.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 15 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 days |
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What our data says
- At 7.2 hours, it is shorter than 65% of the 6,730 Action & Adventure (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Sam Reilly
This is book 36. Books 1 to 35 run 338.6 hours before it; books 1 to 39 run 369.6 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Last Airship | 9.8 hrs |
| 2 | The Mahogany Ship | 7.6 hrs |
| 3 | Atlantis Stolen | 9.1 hrs |
| 4 | Rogue Wave | 9.1 hrs |
| 5 | The Cassidy Project | 9.8 hrs |
| 6 | The Nostradamus Equation | 14.1 hrs |
| 7 | The Third Temple | 10.3 hrs |
| 8 | The Aleutian Portal | 8.2 hrs |
| 9 | Code to Extinction | 9.6 hrs |
| 10 | The Ironclad Covenant | 10 hrs |
| 11 | The Heisenberg Legacy | 7.5 hrs |
| 12 | Omega Deep | 9.7 hrs |
More narrated by David Gilmore
David Gilmore narrates 51 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 765 hours in all.
About as long, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) shelf
806 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 Shield of Hercules is book 36 of Christopher Cartwright's Sam Reilly series: a 7.2-hour unabridged recording, read by David Gilmore, released February 20, 2026, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) and Mystery, Thriller & Horror shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- David Gilmore
- Released
- February 20, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Action & Adventure (Fiction), Mystery, Thriller & Horror
- Series
- Sam Reilly #36
- ISBN
- 9798240042690
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Shield of Hercules as an audiobook?
The Shield of Hercules runs 7.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.8 hours.
Is The Shield of Hercules free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Shield of Hercules?
The Shield of Hercules is narrated by David Gilmore.