A Dark Queen Rises: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Burnt Empire series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Dark Queen Rises runs 20.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Vikas Adam (about 13.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 20.6 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 20.6 hours, it runs longer than 86% of the 4,887 Epic Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Burnt Empire
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 24.7 hours before it; books 1 to 2 run 45.2 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upon a Burning Throne | 24.7 hrs |
| 2 | A Dark Queen Rises | 20.6 hrs |
More narrated by Vikas Adam
Vikas Adam narrates 342 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,726 hours in all.
About as long, on the Epic Fantasy shelf
468 Epic 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 Dark Queen Rises is book 2 of Ashok K. Banker's Burnt Empire series: a 20.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Vikas Adam, released April 20, 2021, on the Epic Fantasy shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 20.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Vikas Adam
- Released
- April 20, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Epic Fantasy
- Series
- Burnt Empire #2
- ISBN
- 9781980027423
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Dark Queen Rises as an audiobook?
A Dark Queen Rises runs 20.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 13.7 hours.
Is A Dark Queen Rises free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Dark Queen Rises?
A Dark Queen Rises is narrated by Vikas Adam.
Is A Dark Queen Rises worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 13.7 hours, saving 6.9 hours.