The Shortest Road: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Promised Wars series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Shortest Road runs 11 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by George Guidall (about 7.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 22 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 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 hours, it runs longer than 57% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Promised Wars
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 13.1 hours before it; books 1 to 2 run 24.1 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Isaac's Beacon | 13.1 hrs |
| 2 | The Shortest Road | 11 hrs |
More narrated by George Guidall
George Guidall narrates 722 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 7,374 hours in all.
About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf
3,517 Historical (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 Shortest Road is book 2 of David L. Robbins's Promised Wars series: a 11-hour unabridged recording, read by George Guidall, released May 30, 2023, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11 hrs
- Narrated by
- George Guidall
- Released
- May 30, 2023
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction)
- Series
- Promised Wars #2
- ISBN
- 9798889564119
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Shortest Road as an audiobook?
The Shortest Road runs 11 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.3 hours.
Is The Shortest Road free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Shortest Road?
The Shortest Road is narrated by George Guidall.
Is The Shortest Road worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.3 hours, saving 3.7 hours.