The Tethered Mage: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Swords and Fire series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Tethered Mage runs 14.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Saskia Maarleveld (about 9.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 14.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 29 days |
| 1 hour / day | 15 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 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 14.3 hours, it runs longer than 87% of the 6,730 Action & Adventure (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Swords and Fire
This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 30.5 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Tethered Mage | 14.3 hrs |
| 2 | The Defiant Heir | 16.3 hrs |
More narrated by Saskia Maarleveld
Saskia Maarleveld narrates 612 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 6,444 hours in all.
- The Alice Network
- First Lie Wins: Reese's Book Club Pick
- The Rose Code
- The God of the Woods
- The Indigo Girl
About as long, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) shelf
628 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 Tethered Mage is book 1 of Melissa Caruso's Swords and Fire series: a 14.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Saskia Maarleveld, released October 24, 2017, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) and Coming of Age shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 14.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Saskia Maarleveld
- Released
- October 24, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Action & Adventure (Fiction), Coming of Age, Epic Fantasy
- Series
- Swords and Fire #1
- ISBN
- 9781478923190
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Tethered Mage as an audiobook?
The Tethered Mage runs 14.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.5 hours.
Is The Tethered Mage free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Tethered Mage?
The Tethered Mage is narrated by Saskia Maarleveld.
Is The Tethered Mage worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.5 hours, saving 4.8 hours.