A Blade of Black Steel: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Crimson Empire series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Blade of Black Steel runs 21 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Angèle Masters (about 14 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 21 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 42 days |
| 1 hour / day | 21 days |
| 2 hours / day | 11 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 21 hours, it runs longer than 96% of the 6,730 Action & Adventure (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Crimson Empire
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 25 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 71.3 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Crown for Cold Silver | 25 hrs |
| 2 | A Blade of Black Steel | 21 hrs |
| 3 | A War in Crimson Embers | 25.3 hrs |
More narrated by Angèle Masters
Angèle Masters narrates 25 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 308 hours in all.
About as long, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) shelf
176 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
A Blade of Black Steel is book 2 of Alex Marshall's Crimson Empire series: a 21-hour unabridged recording, read by Angèle Masters, released May 24, 2016, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) and Epic Fantasy shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 21 hrs
- Narrated by
- Angèle Masters
- Released
- May 24, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Action & Adventure (Fiction), Epic Fantasy, Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
- Series
- The Crimson Empire #2
- ISBN
- 9781478909361
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Blade of Black Steel as an audiobook?
A Blade of Black Steel runs 21 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 14 hours.
Is A Blade of Black Steel free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Blade of Black Steel?
A Blade of Black Steel is narrated by Angèle Masters.
Is A Blade of Black Steel worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 14 hours, saving 7 hours.