The Books Insiderindependent audiobook data
Hard Bargain by Blaze Ward

Hard Bargain: Audiobook

Book 2 of the Shadow of the Dominion series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Hard Bargain audiobook runs 5.4 hours unabridged, narrated by J.S. Arquin (about 3.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

5.4listening hrs
Science Fictionstore shelf
2019released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 5.4 hours of listening.

Days to finish Hard Bargain at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day11 days
1 hour / day6 days
2 hours / day3 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×4 days

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

What our data says

  • At 5.4 hours, it is shorter than 74% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Shadow of the Dominion

This is book 2. Book 1 runs 5.5 hours before it; books 1 to 4 run 21.2 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Longshot Hypothesis5.5 hrs
2Hard Bargain5.4 hrs
3Outermost5.1 hrs
4Dominion-4275.3 hrs

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

Hard Bargain is book 2 of Blaze Ward's Shadow of the Dominion series: a 5.4-hour unabridged recording, read by J.S. Arquin, released November 20, 2019, on the Science Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
5.4 hrs
Narrated by
J.S. Arquin
Released
November 20, 2019
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Science Fiction
Series
Shadow of the Dominion #2
ISBN
9781644701133

How to listen to Hard Bargain free

New members at audiobooks.com get three free audiobooks with the trial.

Separately, the store's catalog carries more than 10,000 audiobooks that are always free to stream.

Start listening free

Questions listeners ask

How long is the Hard Bargain audiobook?

Hard Bargain runs 5.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.6 hours.

Is the Hard Bargain audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Hard Bargain?

Hard Bargain is narrated by J.S. Arquin.