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The Tortuga Plantation by James L. Nelson

The Tortuga Plantation: Audiobook

Book 2 of the Blood, Steel, and Empire series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Tortuga Plantation runs 14.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Jason Keller (about 9.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

14.4listening hrs
Historical (Fiction)store shelf
2025released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 14.4 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Tortuga Plantation at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day29 days
1 hour / day15 days
2 hours / day8 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×10 days

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What our data says

  • At 14.4 hours, it runs longer than 84% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Blood, Steel, and Empire

This is book 2. Book 1 runs 16.8 hours before it; books 1 to 2 run 31.1 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1The Buccaneer Coast16.8 hrs
2The Tortuga Plantation14.4 hrs

About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf

1,803 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 Tortuga Plantation is book 2 of James L. Nelson's Blood, Steel, and Empire series: a 14.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Jason Keller, released February 11, 2025, on the Historical (Fiction) and Mystery, Thriller & Horror shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
14.4 hrs
Narrated by
Jason Keller
Released
February 11, 2025
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Fiction), Mystery, Thriller & Horror
Series
Blood, Steel, and Empire #2
ISBN
9781666197549

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Tortuga Plantation as an audiobook?

The Tortuga Plantation runs 14.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.6 hours.

Is The Tortuga Plantation free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Tortuga Plantation?

The Tortuga Plantation is narrated by Jason Keller.

Is The Tortuga Plantation worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.6 hours, saving 4.8 hours.