There Will Be Dragons: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Council Wars series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the There Will Be Dragons audiobook runs 19.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Tim Fannon (about 13.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 19.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 40 days |
| 1 hour / day | 20 days |
| 2 hours / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 14 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 19.9 hours, it runs longer than 95% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Council Wars
This is book 1. Books 1 to 4 run 64.3 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | There Will Be Dragons | 19.9 hrs |
| 2 | Emerald Sea | 17.4 hrs |
| 3 | Against the Tide | 14.9 hrs |
| 4 | East of the Sun, West of the Moon | 12.1 hrs |
More narrated by Tim Fannon
Tim Fannon narrates 65 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 631 hours in all.
About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf
442 Science 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
There Will Be Dragons is book 1 of John Ringo's Council Wars series: a 19.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Tim Fannon, released June 23, 2020, on the Science Fiction and Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 19.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Tim Fannon
- Released
- June 23, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Science Fiction, Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
- Series
- Council Wars #1
- ISBN
- 9781980049630
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the There Will Be Dragons audiobook?
There Will Be Dragons runs 19.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 13.3 hours.
Is the There Will Be Dragons audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates There Will Be Dragons?
There Will Be Dragons is narrated by Tim Fannon.
Is There Will Be Dragons worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 13.3 hours, saving 6.6 hours.