Dare: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Blades of Acktar series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Dare audiobook runs 8.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Jesse Dornan (about 5.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 17 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 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 8.3 hours, it is shorter than 58% of the 7,973 Religious Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Blades of Acktar
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 26.7 hours in all.
About as long, on the Religious Fiction shelf
1,433 Religious Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Little Liar
- The First Phone Call From Heaven
- Send Down the Rain
- The Plum Trees
- The Green Ember: The Green Ember Book I
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
Dare is book 1 of Tricia Mingerink's Blades of Acktar series: a 8.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Jesse Dornan, released January 11, 2016, on the Religious Fiction and Teen & YA shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Jesse Dornan
- Released
- January 11, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Religious Fiction, Teen & YA
- Series
- The Blades of Acktar #1
- ISBN
- 9781664953567
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Dare audiobook?
Dare runs 8.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.5 hours.
Is the Dare audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Dare?
Dare is narrated by Jesse Dornan.