Dark State: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Empire Games series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Dark State audiobook runs 13.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Kate Reading (about 9.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 13.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 28 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 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 13.9 hours, it runs longer than 84% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Empire Games
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 13.4 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 45.8 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Empire Games | 13.4 hrs |
| 2 | Dark State | 13.9 hrs |
| 3 | Invisible Sun | 18.5 hrs |
More narrated by Kate Reading
Kate Reading narrates 461 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 5,969 hours in all.
About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf
1,381 Science 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
Dark State is book 2 of Charles Stross's Empire Games series: a 13.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Kate Reading, released August 9, 2018, on the Science Fiction and Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Kate Reading
- Released
- August 9, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Science Fiction, Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
- Series
- Empire Games #2
- ISBN
- 9781509864812
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Dark State audiobook?
Dark State runs 13.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.3 hours.
Is the Dark State audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Dark State?
Dark State is narrated by Kate Reading.
Is Dark State worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.3 hours, saving 4.6 hours.