The Silent Shield: Audiobook
Book 5 of the Kingfountain series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Silent Shield runs 10.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Kate Rudd (about 7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 21 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 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 10.5 hours, it is shorter than 65% of the 4,887 Epic Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Kingfountain
This is book 5. Books 1 to 4 run 44.8 hours before it; books 1 to 6 run 65.5 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Queen's Poisoner | 10.4 hrs |
| 2 | The Thief's Daughter | 11.8 hrs |
| 3 | The King's Traitor | 12.8 hrs |
| 4 | The Hollow Crown | 9.8 hrs |
| 5 | The Silent Shield | 10.5 hrs |
| 6 | The Forsaken Throne | 10.2 hrs |
More narrated by Kate Rudd
Kate Rudd narrates 474 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,991 hours in all.
About as long, on the Epic Fantasy shelf
784 Epic 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 Silent Shield is book 5 of Jeff Wheeler's Kingfountain series: a 10.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Kate Rudd, released August 22, 2017, on the Coming of Age and Epic Fantasy shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Kate Rudd
- Released
- August 22, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Coming of Age, Epic Fantasy, Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
- Series
- Kingfountain #5
- ISBN
- 9781536670073
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Silent Shield as an audiobook?
The Silent Shield runs 10.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7 hours.
Is The Silent Shield free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Silent Shield?
The Silent Shield is narrated by Kate Rudd.
Is The Silent Shield worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7 hours, saving 3.5 hours.