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The Sworn by Gail Z. Martin

The Sworn: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Fallen Kings Cycle series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Sworn runs 17.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Kirby Heyborne (about 11.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

17.4listening hrs
Action & Adventure (Fiction)store shelf
2011released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 17.4 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Sworn at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day35 days
1 hour / day18 days
2 hours / day9 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×12 days

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

What our data says

  • At 17.4 hours, it runs longer than 93% of the 6,730 Action & Adventure (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Fallen Kings Cycle

This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 37.5 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1The Sworn17.4 hrs
2The Dread20 hrs

About as long, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) shelf

269 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 Sworn is book 1 of Gail Z. Martin's Fallen Kings Cycle series: a 17.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Kirby Heyborne, released February 1, 2011, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) and Epic Fantasy shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
17.4 hrs
Narrated by
Kirby Heyborne
Released
February 1, 2011
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Action & Adventure (Fiction), Epic Fantasy
Series
Fallen Kings Cycle #1
ISBN
9781452670539

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Sworn as an audiobook?

The Sworn runs 17.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.6 hours.

Is The Sworn free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Sworn?

The Sworn is narrated by Kirby Heyborne.

Is The Sworn worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.6 hours, saving 5.8 hours.