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Howling Dark by Christopher Ruocchio

Howling Dark: Audiobook

Book 2 of the Sun Eater series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Howling Dark audiobook runs 28.1 hours unabridged, narrated by Samuel Roukin (about 18.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

28.1listening hrs
Science Fictionstore shelf
2019released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 28.1 hours of listening.

Days to finish Howling Dark at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day57 days
1 hour / day29 days
2 hours / day15 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×19 days

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

What our data says

  • At 28.1 hours, it runs longer than 99% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Sun Eater

This is book 2. Book 1 runs 26.1 hours before it; books 1 to 5 run 130.3 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Empire of Silence26.1 hrs
2Howling Dark28.1 hrs
3Demon in White30.7 hrs
4Kingdoms of Death22.8 hrs
5Ashes of Man22.6 hrs

About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf

132 Science Fiction 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

Howling Dark is book 2 of Christopher Ruocchio's Sun Eater series: a 28.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Samuel Roukin, released July 16, 2019, on the Science Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
28.1 hrs
Narrated by
Samuel Roukin
Released
July 16, 2019
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Science Fiction
Series
Sun Eater #2
ISBN
9781501991554

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Howling Dark audiobook?

Howling Dark runs 28.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 18.7 hours.

Is the Howling Dark audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Howling Dark?

Howling Dark is narrated by Samuel Roukin.

Is Howling Dark worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 18.7 hours, saving 9.4 hours.