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Rising Darkness by Thea Harrison

Rising Darkness: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Game of Shadows series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Rising Darkness audiobook runs 9.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Sophie Eastlake (about 6.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9.6listening hrs
Romancestore shelf
2013released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 9.6 hours of listening.

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What our data says

  • At 9.6 hours, it runs longer than 67% of the 63,227 Romance audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Game of Shadows

This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 19.1 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Rising Darkness9.6 hrs
2Falling Light9.4 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

Rising Darkness is book 1 of Thea Harrison's Game of Shadows series: a 9.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Sophie Eastlake, released April 22, 2013, on the Romance and Fiction shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
9.6 hrs
Narrated by
Sophie Eastlake
Released
April 22, 2013
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Romance, Fiction
Series
Game of Shadows #1
ISBN
9781452682419

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Rising Darkness audiobook?

Rising Darkness runs 9.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.4 hours.

Is the Rising Darkness audiobook free?

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Who narrates Rising Darkness?

Rising Darkness is narrated by Sophie Eastlake.