Blackthorn Key: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Blackthorn Key series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Blackthorn Key audiobook runs 7.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Ray Panthaki (about 4.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 7.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 15 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 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 7.4 hours, it runs longer than 73% of the 7,923 Mystery & Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Blackthorn Key
This is book 1. Books 1 to 6 run 53.8 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blackthorn Key | 7.4 hrs |
| 2 | Mark of the Plague | 9.8 hrs |
| 3 | The Assassin's Curse | 10.4 hrs |
| 4 | Call of the Wraith | 9.8 hrs |
| 5 | The Traitor's Blade | 7.3 hrs |
| 6 | The Raven's Revenge | 9.2 hrs |
More narrated by Ray Panthaki
Ray Panthaki narrates 9 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 95 hours in all.
About as long, on the Mystery & Fantasy shelf
1,176 Mystery & Fantasy 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
Blackthorn Key is book 1 of Kevin Sands's Blackthorn Key series: a 7.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Ray Panthaki, released September 1, 2015, on the Mystery & Fantasy shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Ray Panthaki
- Released
- September 1, 2015
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Mystery & Fantasy
- Series
- The Blackthorn Key #1
- ISBN
- 9781442388543
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Blackthorn Key audiobook?
Blackthorn Key runs 7.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.9 hours.
Is the Blackthorn Key audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Blackthorn Key?
Blackthorn Key is narrated by Ray Panthaki.