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Darkness Defined by S. Bolanos

Darkness Defined: Audiobook

Book 1 of the War on Darkness series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Darkness Defined audiobook runs 8.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Ambrose Roman (about 5.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

8.6listening hrs
Fantasystore shelf
2026released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 8.6 hours of listening.

Days to finish Darkness Defined at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day18 days
1 hour / day9 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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What our data says

  • At 8.6 hours, it is shorter than 52% of the 12,109 Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on War on Darkness

This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 27.2 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Darkness Defined8.6 hrs
2Order of Light8.9 hrs
3The Knights of Nyx9.7 hrs

About as long, on the Fantasy shelf

1,784 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

Darkness Defined is book 1 of S. Bolanos's War on Darkness series: a 8.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Ambrose Roman, released July 28, 2026, on the LGBTQ+ (Romance) and Fantasy shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
8.6 hrs
Narrated by
Ambrose Roman
Released
July 28, 2026
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
LGBTQ+ (Romance), Fantasy
Series
War on Darkness #1
ISBN
9781956128345

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Darkness Defined audiobook?

Darkness Defined runs 8.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.7 hours.

Is the Darkness Defined audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Darkness Defined?

Darkness Defined is narrated by Ambrose Roman.