Fortune Favors the Cruel: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Dark Maji series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Fortune Favors the Cruel audiobook runs 9 hours unabridged, narrated by Amy Mcfadden (about 6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 18 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 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 9 hours, it is shorter than 55% of the 2,854 Romantasy (Romance) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Dark Maji
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 22.5 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fortune Favors the Cruel | 9 hrs |
| 2 | Blessed Be the Wicked | 6.8 hrs |
| 3 | Twisted is the Crown | 6.7 hrs |
More narrated by Amy Mcfadden
Amy Mcfadden narrates 107 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 953 hours in all.
About as long, on the Romantasy (Romance) shelf
452 Romantasy (Romance) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Death Doesn't Bargain: A Deadman's Cross Novel
- Fire In His Fury
- King of Flesh and Bone: A Dark Fantasy Romance
- At Grave’s End: A Night Huntress Novel
- One Foot in the Grave: A Night Huntress Novel
Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
Fortune Favors the Cruel is book 1 of Lucinda Dark's Dark Maji series: a 9-hour unabridged recording, read by Amy Mcfadden, released August 27, 2019, on the Romantasy (Romance) and Romantasy (Science Fiction & Fantasy) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Amy Mcfadden
- Released
- August 27, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Romantasy (Romance), Romantasy (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
- Series
- Dark Maji #1
- ISBN
- 9781630156886
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Fortune Favors the Cruel audiobook?
Fortune Favors the Cruel runs 9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6 hours.
Is the Fortune Favors the Cruel audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Fortune Favors the Cruel?
Fortune Favors the Cruel is narrated by Amy Mcfadden.