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Darkness Brutal by Rachel A. Marks

Darkness Brutal: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Dark Cycle series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Darkness Brutal audiobook runs 13.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Will Damron (about 9.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

13.7listening hrs
Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormalstore shelf
2015released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 13.7 hours of listening.

Days to finish Darkness Brutal at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day28 days
1 hour / day14 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×10 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 13.7 hours, it runs longer than 86% of the 5,647 Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on The Dark Cycle

This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 38.6 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Darkness Brutal13.7 hrs
2Darkness Fair11.5 hrs
3Darkness Savage13.4 hrs

About as long, on the Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal shelf

764 Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal 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

Darkness Brutal is book 1 of Rachel A. Marks's Dark Cycle series: a 13.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Will Damron, released July 1, 2015, on the Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
13.7 hrs
Narrated by
Will Damron
Released
July 1, 2015
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal
Series
The Dark Cycle #1
ISBN
9781491590645

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Darkness Brutal audiobook?

Darkness Brutal runs 13.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.1 hours.

Is the Darkness Brutal audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Darkness Brutal?

Darkness Brutal is narrated by Will Damron.

Is Darkness Brutal worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.1 hours, saving 4.6 hours.