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Mark of the Plague by Kevin Sands

Mark of the Plague: Audiobook

Book 2 of the Blackthorn Key series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Mark of the Plague audiobook runs 9.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Ray Panthaki (about 6.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9.8listening hrs
Mystery & Fantasystore shelf
2016released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 9.8 hours of listening.

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What our data says

  • At 9.8 hours, it runs longer than 90% of the 7,923 Mystery & Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on The Blackthorn Key

This is book 2. Book 1 runs 7.4 hours before it; books 1 to 6 run 53.8 hours in all.

About as long, on the Mystery & Fantasy shelf

600 Mystery & Fantasy 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

Mark of the Plague is book 2 of Kevin Sands's Blackthorn Key series: a 9.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Ray Panthaki, released September 6, 2016, on the Mystery & Fantasy shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
9.8 hrs
Narrated by
Ray Panthaki
Released
September 6, 2016
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Mystery & Fantasy
Series
The Blackthorn Key #2
ISBN
9781508218937

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Mark of the Plague audiobook?

Mark of the Plague runs 9.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.5 hours.

Is the Mark of the Plague audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Mark of the Plague?

Mark of the Plague is narrated by Ray Panthaki.