A Blade So Black: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Nightmare-Verse series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Blade So Black runs 11.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Jeanette Illidge (about 7.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 23 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 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 11.3 hours, it runs longer than 69% of the 5,647 Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Nightmare-Verse
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 37 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Blade So Black | 11.3 hrs |
| 2 | A Dream So Dark | 12.2 hrs |
| 3 | A Crown So Cursed | 13.6 hrs |
More narrated by Jeanette Illidge
Jeanette Illidge narrates 75 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 794 hours in all.
- American Ghoul
- The Prison Healer
- Our Vicious Oaths
- How Long 'til Black Future Month?: Stories
- The Gilded Cage
About as long, on the Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal shelf
1,242 Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal 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 So Black is book 1 of L.L. Mckinney's Nightmare-Verse series: a 11.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Jeanette Illidge, released October 9, 2018, on the Fairy Tales & Folklore (Teen & YA) and Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Jeanette Illidge
- Released
- October 9, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Fairy Tales & Folklore (Teen & YA), Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal
- Series
- The Nightmare-Verse #1
- ISBN
- 9781250207302
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Blade So Black as an audiobook?
A Blade So Black runs 11.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.5 hours.
Is A Blade So Black free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Blade So Black?
A Blade So Black is narrated by Jeanette Illidge.
Is A Blade So Black worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.5 hours, saving 3.8 hours.