By Darkness Hid: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Blood of Kings series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the By Darkness Hid audiobook runs 13.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Gillian Bronte Adams (about 8.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 13.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 27 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 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 13.3 hours, it runs longer than 91% of the 7,973 Religious Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Blood of Kings
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 48.6 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | By Darkness Hid | 13.3 hrs |
| 2 | To Darkness Fled | 17.8 hrs |
| 3 | From Darkness Won | 17.5 hrs |
More narrated by Gillian Bronte Adams
Gillian Bronte Adams narrates 6 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 103 hours in all.
About as long, on the Religious Fiction shelf
786 Religious 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
By Darkness Hid is book 1 of Jill Williamson's Blood of Kings series: a 13.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Gillian Bronte Adams, released April 21, 2020, on the Religious Fiction and Teen & YA shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Gillian Bronte Adams
- Released
- April 21, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Religious Fiction, Teen & YA
- Series
- Blood of Kings #1
- ISBN
- 9781094293912
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the By Darkness Hid audiobook?
By Darkness Hid runs 13.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.9 hours.
Is the By Darkness Hid audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates By Darkness Hid?
By Darkness Hid is narrated by Gillian Bronte Adams.
Is By Darkness Hid worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.9 hours, saving 4.4 hours.