A Darkness Returns: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Dragonwar series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Darkness Returns runs 19.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by David Thorpe (about 13 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 19.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 39 days |
| 1 hour / day | 20 days |
| 2 hours / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 13 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 19.5 hours, it runs longer than 94% of the 12,109 Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by David Thorpe
David Thorpe narrates 356 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,606 hours in all.
About as long, on the Fantasy shelf
502 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 Darkness Returns is book 1 of Raymond E. Feist's Dragonwar series: a 19.5-hour unabridged recording, read by David Thorpe, released August 1, 2024, on the Fantasy and Epic Fantasy shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 19.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- David Thorpe
- Released
- August 1, 2024
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Fantasy, Epic Fantasy
- Series
- The Dragonwar Saga #1
- ISBN
- 9780008286545
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Darkness Returns as an audiobook?
A Darkness Returns runs 19.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 13 hours.
Is A Darkness Returns free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Darkness Returns?
A Darkness Returns is narrated by David Thorpe.
Is A Darkness Returns worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 13 hours, saving 6.5 hours.