A Darkling Plain (Mortal Engines, Book 4): Audiobook
Book 4 of the Mortal Engines series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Darkling Plain (Mortal Engines, Book 4) runs 15.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Barnaby Edwards (about 10.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 15.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 31 days |
| 1 hour / day | 16 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 11 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 15.5 hours, it runs longer than 92% of the 5,647 Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Mortal Engines
This is book 4. Books 1 to 3 run 28.6 hours before it; books 1 to 4 run 44.1 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mortal Engines (Mortal Engines, Book 1) | 9 hrs |
| 2 | Predator's Gold (Mortal Engines, Book 2) | 9.6 hrs |
| 3 | Infernal Devices (Mortal Engines, Book 3) | 10 hrs |
| 4 | A Darkling Plain (Mortal Engines, Book 4) | 15.5 hrs |
More narrated by Barnaby Edwards
Barnaby Edwards narrates 79 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 830 hours in all.
- Wolf of Wessex
- Mortal Engines (Mortal Engines, Book 1)
- Predator's Gold (Mortal Engines, Book 2)
- Infernal Devices (Mortal Engines, Book 3)
- A Time for Swords: A gripping, addictive historical thriller
About as long, on the Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal shelf
390 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 Darkling Plain (Mortal Engines, Book 4) is book 4 of Philip Reeve's Mortal Engines series: a 15.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Barnaby Edwards, released December 26, 2017, on the Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal and Action & Adventure (Teen & YA) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 15.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Barnaby Edwards
- Released
- December 26, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal, Action & Adventure (Teen & YA)
- Series
- Mortal Engines #4
- ISBN
- 9781338214352
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Darkling Plain (Mortal Engines, Book 4) as an audiobook?
A Darkling Plain (Mortal Engines, Book 4) runs 15.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.4 hours.
Is A Darkling Plain (Mortal Engines, Book 4) free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Darkling Plain (Mortal Engines, Book 4)?
A Darkling Plain (Mortal Engines, Book 4) is narrated by Barnaby Edwards.
Is A Darkling Plain (Mortal Engines, Book 4) worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.4 hours, saving 5.2 hours.