The Water Blade: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Ridnight Mysteries series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Water Blade runs 8.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by James Anderson Foster (about 5.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 17 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 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 8.1 hours, it is shorter than 80% of the 4,887 Epic Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Ridnight Mysteries
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 26.1 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Water Blade | 8.1 hrs |
| 2 | The Waters of Taladoro | 8 hrs |
| 3 | Waterfire | 10 hrs |
More narrated by James Anderson Foster
James Anderson Foster narrates 222 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,295 hours in all.
About as long, on the Epic Fantasy shelf
389 Epic Fantasy 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 Water Blade is book 1 of Stuart Jaffe's Ridnight Mysteries series: a 8.1-hour unabridged recording, read by James Anderson Foster, released January 18, 2022, on the Epic Fantasy shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- James Anderson Foster
- Released
- January 18, 2022
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Epic Fantasy
- Series
- Ridnight Mysteries #1
- ISBN
- 9781666154146
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Water Blade as an audiobook?
The Water Blade runs 8.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.4 hours.
Is The Water Blade free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Water Blade?
The Water Blade is narrated by James Anderson Foster.