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Dark Apprentice by Val Neil

Dark Apprentice: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Fall of Magic series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Dark Apprentice audiobook runs 15 hours unabridged, narrated by Reba Buhr and Thomas Judd (about 10 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

15listening hrs
Fantasystore shelf
2022released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 15 hours of listening.

Days to finish Dark Apprentice at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day30 days
1 hour / day15 days
2 hours / day8 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×10 days

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What our data says

  • At 15 hours, it runs longer than 86% of the 12,109 Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Fall of Magic

This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 33.2 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Dark Apprentice15 hrs
2Dark Mind18.2 hrs

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

Dark Apprentice is book 1 of Val Neil's Fall of Magic series: a 15-hour unabridged recording, read by Reba Buhr and Thomas Judd, released April 1, 2022, on the Fantasy shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
15 hrs
Narrated by
Reba Buhr, Thomas Judd
Released
April 1, 2022
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Fantasy
Series
Fall of Magic #1
ISBN
9781955075039

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Dark Apprentice audiobook?

Dark Apprentice runs 15 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10 hours.

Is the Dark Apprentice audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Dark Apprentice?

Dark Apprentice is narrated by Reba Buhr and Thomas Judd.

Is Dark Apprentice worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10 hours, saving 5 hours.