Bound by Darkness: Audiobook
Book 8 of the Guardians of Eternity series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Bound by Darkness audiobook runs 11 hours unabridged, narrated by Arika Rapson (about 7.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 22 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 days |
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What our data says
- At 11 hours, it runs longer than 80% of the 63,227 Romance audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Guardians of Eternity
This is book 8. Books 1 to 7 run 73.9 hours before it; books 1 to 15 run 146.9 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | When Darkness Comes | 9.4 hrs |
| 2 | Embrace the Darkness | 11 hrs |
| 3 | Darkness Everlasting | 11 hrs |
| 4 | Darkness Revealed | 11 hrs |
| 5 | Darkness Unleashed | 11 hrs |
| 6 | Beyond the Darkness | 10.2 hrs |
| 7 | Devoured by Darkness | 10.4 hrs |
| 8 | Bound by Darkness | 11 hrs |
| 9 | Fear the Darkness | 11.1 hrs |
| 10 | Darkness Avenged | 12 hrs |
| 11 | Hunt the Darkness | 9.5 hrs |
| 12 | When Darkness Ends | 9.5 hrs |
More narrated by Arika Rapson
Arika Rapson narrates 37 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 300 hours in all.
About as long, on the Romance shelf
11,049 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
Bound by Darkness is book 8 of Alexandra Ivy's Guardians of Eternity series: a 11-hour unabridged recording, read by Arika Rapson, released December 9, 2013, on the Romance and Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11 hrs
- Narrated by
- Arika Rapson
- Released
- December 9, 2013
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Romance, Fiction
- Series
- Guardians of Eternity #8
- ISBN
- 9781452685106
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Bound by Darkness audiobook?
Bound by Darkness runs 11 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.3 hours.
Is the Bound by Darkness audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Bound by Darkness?
Bound by Darkness is narrated by Arika Rapson.
Is Bound by Darkness worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.3 hours, saving 3.7 hours.