Dark Matter: Audiobook
Book 5 of the Star Carrier series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Dark Matter audiobook runs 11.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Nick Sullivan (about 7.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 24 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 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 11.9 hours, it runs longer than 75% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Star Carrier
This is book 5. Books 1 to 4 run 50.6 hours before it; books 1 to 8 run 99.1 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Earth Strike | 12.3 hrs |
| 2 | Centre of Gravity | 13.3 hrs |
| 3 | Singularity | 12.9 hrs |
| 4 | Deep Space | 12.2 hrs |
| 5 | Dark Matter | 11.9 hrs |
| 6 | Deep Time: Star Carrier: Book Six | 11.7 hrs |
| 7 | Dark Mind: Star Carrier: Book Seven | 12.9 hrs |
| 8 | Bright Light: Star Carrier: Book Eight | 12.1 hrs |
More narrated by Nick Sullivan
Nick Sullivan narrates 173 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,403 hours in all.
About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf
1,923 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Star Wars Legends: Darth Bane Trilogy: Path of Destruction
- Star Wars: The Old Republic - Legends: Revan
- Armada
- The Troop
- Star Wars: Master & Apprentice
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 Matter is book 5 of Ian Douglas's Star Carrier series: a 11.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Nick Sullivan, released July 17, 2014, on the Science Fiction and Space Opera shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Nick Sullivan
- Released
- July 17, 2014
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Science Fiction, Space Opera
- Series
- Star Carrier #5
- ISBN
- 9780007593408
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Dark Matter audiobook?
Dark Matter runs 11.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.9 hours.
Is the Dark Matter audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Dark Matter?
Dark Matter is narrated by Nick Sullivan.
Is Dark Matter worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.9 hours, saving 4 hours.