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City of Dark Magic by Magnus Flyte

City of Dark Magic: Audiobook

Book 1 of the City of Dark Magic series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the City of Dark Magic audiobook runs 13.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Natalie Gold and Orlagh Cassidy (about 9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

13.6listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2012released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 13.6 hours of listening.

Days to finish City of Dark Magic at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day28 days
1 hour / day14 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×10 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 13.6 hours, it runs longer than 87% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on City of Dark Magic Series

This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 24.7 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1City of Dark Magic13.6 hrs
2City of Lost Dreams11.1 hrs

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

1,596 Literary 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

City of Dark Magic is book 1 of Magnus Flyte's City of Dark Magic series: a 13.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Natalie Gold and Orlagh Cassidy, released November 27, 2012, on the Literary Fiction and Paranormal shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
13.6 hrs
Narrated by
Natalie Gold, Orlagh Cassidy
Released
November 27, 2012
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Literary Fiction, Paranormal
Series
City of Dark Magic Series #1
ISBN
9781101604960

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the City of Dark Magic audiobook?

City of Dark Magic runs 13.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9 hours.

Is the City of Dark Magic audiobook free?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates City of Dark Magic?

City of Dark Magic is narrated by Natalie Gold and Orlagh Cassidy.

Is City of Dark Magic worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9 hours, saving 4.5 hours.