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Deep Black by Jim DeFelice, Stephen Coonts

Deep Black: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Deep Black series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Deep Black audiobook runs 10.2 hours unabridged, narrated by J. Charles (about 6.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10.2listening hrs
Westerns & Warstore shelf
2017released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 10.2 hours of listening.

Days to finish Deep Black at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day21 days
1 hour / day11 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×7 days

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

What our data says

  • At 10.2 hours, it runs longer than 70% of the 5,087 Westerns & War audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Deep Black Series

This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 31.8 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Deep Black10.2 hrs
2Biowar10.6 hrs
3Dark Zone11 hrs

More narrated by J. Charles

J. Charles narrates 52 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 544 hours in all.

All J. Charles audiobooks, measured

About as long, on the Westerns & War shelf

892 Westerns & War 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

Deep Black is book 1 of Jim DeFelice's Deep Black series: a 10.2-hour unabridged recording, read by J. Charles, released May 16, 2017, on the Westerns & War shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
10.2 hrs
Narrated by
J. Charles
Released
May 16, 2017
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Westerns & War
Series
Deep Black Series #1
ISBN
9781543611175

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Deep Black audiobook?

Deep Black runs 10.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.8 hours.

Is the Deep Black audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Deep Black?

Deep Black is narrated by J. Charles.

Is Deep Black worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.8 hours, saving 3.4 hours.