A Hymn for the Dying: A Space Adventure of Interstellar War: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Blacksword Regiment series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Hymn for the Dying: A Space Adventure of Interstellar War runs 12.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by J. L. Doty and J.L. Doty (about 8.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 26 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 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 12.7 hours, it runs longer than 79% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Blacksword Regiment
This is book 1. Books 1 to 4 run 53.2 hours in all.
More narrated by J. L. Doty
J. L. Doty narrates 21 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 263 hours in all.
- When Dead Ain't Dead Enough: An Urban Fantasy of Witches, Demons and Fae
- When Dead Ain't Dead Enough: An Urban Fantasy of Witches, Demons and Fae
- Still Not Dead Enough: An Urban Fantasy of Witches, Demons and Fae
- Still Not Dead Enough: An Urban Fantasy of Witches, Demons and Fae
- Never Dead Enough: An Urban Fantasy of Witches, Demons and Fae
About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf
1,716 Science 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 Hymn for the Dying: A Space Adventure of Interstellar War is book 1 of J.L. Doty's Blacksword Regiment series: a 12.7-hour unabridged recording, read by J. L. Doty and J.L. Doty, released April 28, 2020, on the Science Fiction and Space Opera shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- J. L. Doty, J.L. Doty
- Released
- April 28, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Science Fiction, Space Opera
- Series
- The Blacksword Regiment #1
- ISBN
- 9781953757326
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Hymn for the Dying: A Space Adventure of Interstellar War as an audiobook?
A Hymn for the Dying: A Space Adventure of Interstellar War runs 12.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.5 hours.
Is A Hymn for the Dying: 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 Hymn for the Dying: A Space Adventure of Interstellar War?
A Hymn for the Dying: A Space Adventure of Interstellar War is narrated by J. L. Doty and J.L. Doty.
Is A Hymn for the Dying: A Space Adventure of Interstellar War worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.5 hours, saving 4.2 hours.