An Element of Darkness: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Calgonian Realm series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, An Element of Darkness runs 9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Dana Searing (about 6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 18 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 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 9 hours, it runs longer than 51% of the 6,730 Action & Adventure (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Calgonian Realm
This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 14.9 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | An Element of Darkness | 9 hrs |
| 2 | The Mercenaries of Ice and Shadow | 5.9 hrs |
About as long, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) shelf
1,092 Action & Adventure (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
An Element of Darkness is book 1 of Julie Vaid's Calgonian Realm series: a 9-hour unabridged recording, read by Dana Searing, released June 1, 2024, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Dana Searing
- Released
- June 1, 2024
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Action & Adventure (Fiction)
- Series
- Calgonian Realm #1
- ISBN
- 9798986784861
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is An Element of Darkness as an audiobook?
An Element of Darkness runs 9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6 hours.
Is An Element of Darkness free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates An Element of Darkness?
An Element of Darkness is narrated by Dana Searing.