Desolation: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Darkness Rising series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Desolation audiobook runs 8.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Marnye Young and Alexander Cendese (about 5.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 17 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
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What our data says
- At 8.2 hours, it runs longer than 53% of the 16,241 Modern audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Marnye Young
Marnye Young narrates 201 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,706 hours in all.
About as long, on the Modern shelf
3,238 Modern 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
Desolation is book 1 of R.L. Caulder's Darkness Rising series: a 8.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Marnye Young and Alexander Cendese, released July 13, 2021, on the Modern shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Marnye Young, Alexander Cendese
- Released
- July 13, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Modern
- Series
- Darkness Rising #1
- ISBN
- 9781705287200
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Desolation audiobook?
Desolation runs 8.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.5 hours.
Is the Desolation audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Desolation?
Desolation is narrated by Marnye Young and Alexander Cendese.