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The Warrior Apprentice: Audiobook

As an audiobook, The Warrior Apprentice runs an estimated 9.3 hours (about 6.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9.3est. listening hrs
4.2★21 ratings
Science Fictiongenre
Free for new listeners

The instrumentWhen will you finish it?

Based on 9.3 hours of listening (estimated).

Days to finish The Warrior Apprentice at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day19 days
1 hour / day10 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×7 days

What our data says

  • At 9.3 hours (estimated), it's shorter than 59% of the science fiction audiobooks we measured.
  • That's 11% shorter than the average science fiction audiobook (10.5 hrs across 820 titles in our dataset).

Computed from science fiction audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset (build ); listening time estimated from page count. Methodology.

Who is this for?

Best for science fiction listeners: a solid week of commutes at 9.3 hours (estimated).

About the book

Miles Vorkosigan makes his debut in this frenetic coming-of-age tale. At age seventeen, Miles is allowed to take the entrance exams to the elite military academy; he passes the written but manages, through miscalculation in a moment of anger, to break both his legs on the obstacle course, washing out before he begins. His aged grandfather dies in his sleep shortly after, and Miles blames himself. He is sent to visit his grandmother Naismith on distant Beta Colony, accompanied by his bodyguard, Sergeant Bothari, and Bothari’s daughter, Elena. Miles passes himself off as a mercenary leader as he picks up a ragtag crew, and soon his father Aral is under political attack back home as garbled rumors of Miles’ mercenary operations trickle back. Miles must abandon his new fleet and dash back to Barrayar to stop the plot.

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Warrior Apprentice as an audiobook?

The Warrior Apprentice runs about 9.3 hours, our estimate from its 315 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.2 hours.

Is The Warrior Apprentice free as an audiobook?

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

When was The Warrior Apprentice first published?

The Warrior Apprentice by Lois McMaster Bujold was first published in 1986.