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War of Shadows by Gail Z. Martin

War of Shadows: Audiobook

Book 3 of the Ascendant Kingdoms series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the War of Shadows audiobook runs 21.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Tim Gerard Reynolds (about 14.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

21.7listening hrs
Action & Adventure (Fiction)store shelf
2015released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 21.7 hours of listening.

Days to finish War of Shadows at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day44 days
1 hour / day22 days
2 hours / day11 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×15 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 21.7 hours, it runs longer than 96% of the 6,730 Action & Adventure (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Ascendant Kingdoms

This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 40.5 hours before it; books 1 to 4 run 83.4 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Ice Forged19.6 hrs
2Reign of Ash20.8 hrs
3War of Shadows21.7 hrs
4Shadow and Flame21.3 hrs

About as long, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) shelf

156 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

War of Shadows is book 3 of Gail Z. Martin's Ascendant Kingdoms series: a 21.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Tim Gerard Reynolds, released April 21, 2015, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) and Epic Fantasy shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
21.7 hrs
Narrated by
Tim Gerard Reynolds
Released
April 21, 2015
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Action & Adventure (Fiction), Epic Fantasy, Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
Series
Ascendant Kingdoms #3
ISBN
9781490615165

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the War of Shadows audiobook?

War of Shadows runs 21.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 14.4 hours.

Is the War of Shadows audiobook free?

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

Who narrates War of Shadows?

War of Shadows is narrated by Tim Gerard Reynolds.

Is War of Shadows worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 14.4 hours, saving 7.2 hours.