Beneath Black Sails: Beneath Black Sails, Book 1: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Beneath Black Sails series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Beneath Black Sails: Beneath Black Sails, Book 1 audiobook runs 12.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Amelia Hugh and John Hartley (about 8.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.8 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 12.8 hours, it runs longer than 77% of the 7,781 Romantasy (Romance) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Beneath Black Sails
This is book 1. Books 1 to 4 run 57.4 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beneath Black Sails: Beneath Black Sails, Book 1 | 12.8 hrs |
| 2 | Against Dark Tides: Beneath Black Sails, Book 2 | 13.5 hrs |
| 3 | Under Black Skies: Beneath Black Sails, Book 3 | 15.9 hrs |
| 4 | Through Dark Storms: Beneath Black Sails, Book 4 | 15.2 hrs |
More narrated by Amelia Hugh
Amelia Hugh narrates 80 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 792 hours in all.
About as long, on the Romantasy (Romance) shelf
1,158 Romantasy (Romance) 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
Beneath Black Sails: Beneath Black Sails, Book 1 is book 1 of Clare Sager's Beneath Black Sails series: a 12.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Amelia Hugh and John Hartley, released January 21, 2025, on the Romantasy (Romance) and Romantasy (Science Fiction & Fantasy) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Amelia Hugh, John Hartley
- Released
- January 21, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Romantasy (Romance), Romantasy (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
- Series
- Beneath Black Sails #1
- ISBN
- 9781039499843
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Beneath Black Sails: Beneath Black Sails, Book 1 audiobook?
Beneath Black Sails: Beneath Black Sails, Book 1 runs 12.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.6 hours.
Is the Beneath Black Sails: Beneath Black Sails, Book 1 audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Beneath Black Sails: Beneath Black Sails, Book 1?
Beneath Black Sails: Beneath Black Sails, Book 1 is narrated by Amelia Hugh and John Hartley.
Is Beneath Black Sails: Beneath Black Sails, Book 1 worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.6 hours, saving 4.3 hours.