A Dance of Cloaks: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Shadowdance series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Dance of Cloaks runs 15 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Elijah Alexander (about 10 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 15 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 30 days |
| 1 hour / day | 15 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 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 15 hours, it runs longer than 86% of the 12,109 Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Shadowdance
This is book 1. Books 1 to 6 run 83.5 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Dance of Cloaks | 15 hrs |
| 2 | A Dance of Blades | 13 hrs |
| 3 | A Dance of Mirrors | 12 hrs |
| 4 | A Dance of Shadows | 15 hrs |
| 5 | A Dance of Ghosts | 15 hrs |
| 6 | A Dance of Chaos | 13.5 hrs |
More narrated by Elijah Alexander
Elijah Alexander narrates 43 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 472 hours in all.
About as long, on the Fantasy shelf
968 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
A Dance of Cloaks is book 1 of David Dalglish's Shadowdance series: a 15-hour unabridged recording, read by Elijah Alexander, released October 8, 2013, on the Fantasy and Action & Adventure (Fiction) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 15 hrs
- Narrated by
- Elijah Alexander
- Released
- October 8, 2013
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Fantasy, Action & Adventure (Fiction), Epic Fantasy
- Series
- Shadowdance #1
- ISBN
- 9781478979081
How to listen to A Dance of Cloaks free
New members at audiobooks.com get three free audiobooks with the trial.
Separately, the store's catalog carries more than 10,000 audiobooks that are always free to stream.
Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Dance of Cloaks as an audiobook?
A Dance of Cloaks runs 15 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10 hours.
Is A Dance of Cloaks free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Dance of Cloaks?
A Dance of Cloaks is narrated by Elijah Alexander.
Is A Dance of Cloaks worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10 hours, saving 5 hours.