A Torch Against the Night: Audiobook
Book 2 of the An Ember in the Ashes series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Torch Against the Night runs 15.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Katharine Lee Mcewan and Fiona Hardingham and others (about 10.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 15.2 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 15.2 hours, it runs longer than 90% of the 1,857 Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on An Ember in the Ashes
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 15.4 hours before it; books 1 to 4 run 63.2 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | An Ember in the Ashes | 15.4 hrs |
| 2 | A Torch Against the Night | 15.2 hrs |
| 3 | A Reaper at the Gates | 15.5 hrs |
| 4 | A Sky Beyond the Storm | 17.2 hrs |
More narrated by Katharine Lee Mcewan
Katharine Lee Mcewan narrates 31 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 383 hours in all.
About as long, on the Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal shelf
152 Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Other recordings
- The 2016 recording read by Samantha Sutherland and Jack Farrar runs 0.9 hours shorter (14.3 hours).
Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
A Torch Against the Night is book 2 of Sabaa Tahir's An Ember in the Ashes series: a 15.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Katharine Lee Mcewan, Fiona Hardingham and Steve West, released August 30, 2016, on the Romance (Teen & YA) and Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 15.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Katharine Lee Mcewan, Fiona Hardingham, Steve West
- Released
- August 30, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Romance (Teen & YA), Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal
- Series
- An Ember in the Ashes #2
- ISBN
- 9780147525048
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Torch Against the Night as an audiobook?
A Torch Against the Night runs 15.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.1 hours.
Is A Torch Against the Night free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Torch Against the Night?
A Torch Against the Night is narrated by Katharine Lee Mcewan, Fiona Hardingham and Steve West.
Is A Torch Against the Night worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.1 hours, saving 5.1 hours.