Dark Descent: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Nyx Fortuna series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Dark Descent audiobook runs 6.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Jeremy Arthur (about 4.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 6.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 14 days |
| 1 hour / day | 7 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 days |
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What our data says
- At 6.8 hours, it is shorter than 67% of the 12,109 Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Nyx Fortuna
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 8.4 hours before it; books 1 to 6 run 67.4 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Strange Fates | 8.4 hrs |
| 2 | Dark Descent | 6.8 hrs |
| 3 | Guardian of Madness | 11 hrs |
| 4 | Guardian of Torment | 12.5 hrs |
| 5 | Guardian of Defiance | 15.7 hrs |
| 6 | Guardian of Wrath | 13 hrs |
More narrated by Jeremy Arthur
Jeremy Arthur narrates 99 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 982 hours in all.
About as long, on the Fantasy shelf
1,339 Fantasy 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
Dark Descent is book 2 of Marlene Perez's Nyx Fortuna series: a 6.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Jeremy Arthur, released December 2, 2013, on the Romantasy (Romance) and Fantasy shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 6.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Jeremy Arthur
- Released
- December 2, 2013
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Romantasy (Romance), Fantasy, Romantasy (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
- Series
- Nyx Fortuna #2
- ISBN
- 9781619698345
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Dark Descent audiobook?
Dark Descent runs 6.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.5 hours.
Is the Dark Descent audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Dark Descent?
Dark Descent is narrated by Jeremy Arthur.