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Rise the Dark by Michael Koryta

Rise the Dark: Audiobook

Book 2 of the Mark Novak series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Rise the Dark audiobook runs 12 hours unabridged, narrated by Robert Petkoff (about 8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

12listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2016released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 12 hours of listening.

Days to finish Rise the Dark at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day24 days
1 hour / day12 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

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What our data says

  • At 12 hours, it runs longer than 89% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

2,943 Police & Detective 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

Rise the Dark is book 2 of Michael Koryta's Mark Novak series: a 12-hour unabridged recording, read by Robert Petkoff, released August 16, 2016, on the Police & Detective shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
12 hrs
Narrated by
Robert Petkoff
Released
August 16, 2016
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective
Series
Mark Novak #2
ISBN
9781478983538

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Rise the Dark audiobook?

Rise the Dark runs 12 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8 hours.

Is the Rise the Dark audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Rise the Dark?

Rise the Dark is narrated by Robert Petkoff.

Is Rise the Dark worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8 hours, saving 4 hours.