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The Sunless Countries: Book Four of Virga by Karl Schroeder

The Sunless Countries: Book Four of Virga: Audiobook

Book 4 of the Virga series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Sunless Countries: Book Four of Virga runs 11.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Joyce Irvine and David Thorn (about 7.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

11.7listening hrs
Science Fictionstore shelf
2009released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 11.7 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Sunless Countries: Book Four of Virga at common listening paces
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30 min / day24 days
1 hour / day12 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

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What our data says

  • At 11.7 hours, it runs longer than 73% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Virga

This is book 4. Books 1 to 3 run 33.6 hours before it; books 1 to 4 run 45.3 hours in all.

About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf

1,943 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 Sunless Countries: Book Four of Virga is book 4 of Karl Schroeder's Virga series: a 11.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Joyce Irvine and David Thorn, released August 4, 2009, on the Science Fiction and Space Opera shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
11.7 hrs
Narrated by
Joyce Irvine, David Thorn
Released
August 4, 2009
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Science Fiction, Space Opera
Series
Virga #4
ISBN
9781427206954

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Sunless Countries: Book Four of Virga as an audiobook?

The Sunless Countries: Book Four of Virga runs 11.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.8 hours.

Is The Sunless Countries: Book Four of Virga free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Sunless Countries: Book Four of Virga?

The Sunless Countries: Book Four of Virga is narrated by Joyce Irvine and David Thorn.

Is The Sunless Countries: Book Four of Virga worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.8 hours, saving 3.9 hours.