Darknesses: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Corean Chronicles series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Darknesses audiobook runs 18.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Kyle McCarley (about 12.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 18.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 37 days |
| 1 hour / day | 19 days |
| 2 hours / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 13 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 18.5 hours, it runs longer than 80% of the 4,887 Epic Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Corean Chronicles
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 20.8 hours before it; books 1 to 8 run 171.8 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Legacies | 20.8 hrs |
| 2 | Darknesses | 18.5 hrs |
| 3 | Scepters | 29 hrs |
| 4 | Alector’s Choice | 23.5 hrs |
| 5 | Cadmian's Choice | 23.9 hrs |
| 6 | Soarer’s Choice | 23.9 hrs |
| 7 | The Lord-Protector's Daughter | 12 hrs |
| 8 | Lady-Protector | 20.3 hrs |
More narrated by Kyle McCarley
Kyle McCarley narrates 51 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 773 hours in all.
About as long, on the Epic Fantasy shelf
589 Epic 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
Darknesses is book 2 of L. E. Modesitt Jr.'s Corean Chronicles series: a 18.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Kyle McCarley, released October 28, 2014, on the Epic Fantasy shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 18.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Kyle McCarley
- Released
- October 28, 2014
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Epic Fantasy
- Series
- Corean Chronicles #2
- ISBN
- 9781494575533
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Darknesses audiobook?
Darknesses runs 18.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 12.3 hours.
Is the Darknesses audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Darknesses?
Darknesses is narrated by Kyle McCarley.
Is Darknesses worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 12.3 hours, saving 6.2 hours.