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Darwin's Blade by Dan Simmons

Darwin's Blade: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Darwin's Blade audiobook runs 15 hours unabridged, narrated by Brian Troxell (about 10 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

15listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2013released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 15 hours of listening.

Days to finish Darwin's Blade at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day30 days
1 hour / day15 days
2 hours / day8 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×10 days

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What our data says

  • At 15 hours, it runs longer than 97% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

815 Police & Detective 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

Darwin's Blade is an audiobook by Dan Simmons: a 15-hour unabridged recording, read by Brian Troxell, released October 29, 2013, on the Police & Detective and Psychological shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
15 hrs
Narrated by
Brian Troxell
Released
October 29, 2013
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective, Psychological
ISBN
9781478952558

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Darwin's Blade audiobook?

Darwin's Blade runs 15 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10 hours.

Is the Darwin's Blade audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Darwin's Blade?

Darwin's Blade is narrated by Brian Troxell.

Is Darwin's Blade worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10 hours, saving 5 hours.