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A Dirge for the Damned: A Space Adventure of Interstellar War by J.L. Doty

A Dirge for the Damned: A Space Adventure of Interstellar War: Audiobook

Book 2 of the Blacksword Regiment series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Dirge for the Damned: A Space Adventure of Interstellar War runs 14.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by J. L. Doty and J.L. Doty (about 9.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

14.6listening hrs
Science Fictionstore shelf
2021released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 14.6 hours of listening.

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What our data says

  • At 14.6 hours, it runs longer than 87% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on The Blacksword Regiment

This is book 2. Book 1 runs 12.7 hours before it; books 1 to 4 run 53.2 hours in all.

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 Dirge for the Damned: A Space Adventure of Interstellar War is book 2 of J.L. Doty's Blacksword Regiment series: a 14.6-hour unabridged recording, read by J. L. Doty and J.L. Doty, released November 16, 2021, on the Science Fiction and Space Opera shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
14.6 hrs
Narrated by
J. L. Doty, J.L. Doty
Released
November 16, 2021
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Science Fiction, Space Opera
Series
The Blacksword Regiment #2
ISBN
9781953757333

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Questions listeners ask

How long is A Dirge for the Damned: A Space Adventure of Interstellar War as an audiobook?

A Dirge for the Damned: A Space Adventure of Interstellar War runs 14.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.7 hours.

Is A Dirge for the Damned: A Space Adventure of Interstellar War free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates A Dirge for the Damned: A Space Adventure of Interstellar War?

A Dirge for the Damned: A Space Adventure of Interstellar War is narrated by J. L. Doty and J.L. Doty.

Is A Dirge for the Damned: A Space Adventure of Interstellar War worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.7 hours, saving 4.9 hours.