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A Darkness Returns: Book One of The Dragonwar Saga by Raymond E. Feist

A Darkness Returns: Book One of The Dragonwar Saga: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Dragonwar series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Darkness Returns: Book One of The Dragonwar Saga runs 19.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by David Thorpe (about 13 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

19.5listening hrs
Fantasystore shelf
2024released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 19.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish A Darkness Returns: Book One of The Dragonwar Saga at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day39 days
1 hour / day20 days
2 hours / day10 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×13 days

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What our data says

  • At 19.5 hours, it runs longer than 94% of the 12,109 Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.

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 Darkness Returns: Book One of The Dragonwar Saga is book 1 of Raymond E. Feist's Dragonwar series: a 19.5-hour unabridged recording, read by David Thorpe, released August 20, 2024, on the Fantasy and Action & Adventure (Fiction) shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
19.5 hrs
Narrated by
David Thorpe
Released
August 20, 2024
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Fantasy, Action & Adventure (Fiction), Epic Fantasy
Series
The Dragonwar Saga #1
ISBN
9780063292338

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Questions listeners ask

How long is A Darkness Returns: Book One of The Dragonwar Saga as an audiobook?

A Darkness Returns: Book One of The Dragonwar Saga runs 19.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 13 hours.

Is A Darkness Returns: Book One of The Dragonwar Saga free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates A Darkness Returns: Book One of The Dragonwar Saga?

A Darkness Returns: Book One of The Dragonwar Saga is narrated by David Thorpe.

Is A Darkness Returns: Book One of The Dragonwar Saga worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 13 hours, saving 6.5 hours.