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A Darker Sea: Master Commandant Putnam and the War of 1812 by James L. Haley

A Darker Sea: Master Commandant Putnam and the War of 1812: Audiobook

Book 2 of the A Bliven Putnam Naval Adventure series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Darker Sea: Master Commandant Putnam and the War of 1812 runs 12.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Paul Boehmer (about 8.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

12.3listening hrs
Historical (Fiction)store shelf
2017released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 12.3 hours of listening.

Days to finish A Darker Sea: Master Commandant Putnam and the War of 1812 at common listening paces
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30 min / day25 days
1 hour / day13 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

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What our data says

  • At 12.3 hours, it runs longer than 70% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on A Bliven Putnam Naval Adventure

This is book 2. Book 1 runs 15.7 hours before it; books 1 to 4 run 55 hours in all.

About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf

2,900 Historical (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 Darker Sea: Master Commandant Putnam and the War of 1812 is book 2 of James L. Haley's A Bliven Putnam Naval Adventure series: a 12.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Paul Boehmer, released November 14, 2017, on the Historical (Fiction) and Drama shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
12.3 hrs
Narrated by
Paul Boehmer
Released
November 14, 2017
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Fiction), Drama
Series
A Bliven Putnam Naval Adventure #2
ISBN
9781524702151

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Questions listeners ask

How long is A Darker Sea: Master Commandant Putnam and the War of 1812 as an audiobook?

A Darker Sea: Master Commandant Putnam and the War of 1812 runs 12.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.2 hours.

Is A Darker Sea: Master Commandant Putnam and the War of 1812 free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates A Darker Sea: Master Commandant Putnam and the War of 1812?

A Darker Sea: Master Commandant Putnam and the War of 1812 is narrated by Paul Boehmer.

Is A Darker Sea: Master Commandant Putnam and the War of 1812 worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.2 hours, saving 4.1 hours.