A Dark Guardian: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Shields series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Dark Guardian runs 8.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Antony Ferguson (about 5.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 17 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 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 8.3 hours, it is shorter than 59% of the 7,781 Romantasy (Romance) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Shields
This is book 1. Books 1 to 5 run 37.1 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Dark Guardian | 8.3 hrs |
| 2 | A Kind of Magic | 7.6 hrs |
| 3 | A Dark Seduction | 5.7 hrs |
| 4 | A Forbidden Temptation | 7.5 hrs |
| 5 | A Warrior's Heart | 8 hrs |
More narrated by Antony Ferguson
Antony Ferguson narrates 314 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,884 hours in all.
About as long, on the Romantasy (Romance) shelf
1,071 Romantasy (Romance) 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 Dark Guardian is book 1 of Donna Grant's Shields series: a 8.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Antony Ferguson, released June 10, 2013, on the Romantasy (Romance) and Romantasy (Science Fiction & Fantasy) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Antony Ferguson
- Released
- June 10, 2013
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Romantasy (Romance), Romantasy (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
- Series
- Shields #1
- ISBN
- 9781452682747
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Dark Guardian as an audiobook?
A Dark Guardian runs 8.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.6 hours.
Is A Dark Guardian free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Dark Guardian?
A Dark Guardian is narrated by Antony Ferguson.