Salute the Dark: Audiobook
Book 4 of the Shadows of the Apt series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Salute the Dark audiobook runs 17 hours unabridged, narrated by Ben Allen (about 11.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 17 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 34 days |
| 1 hour / day | 17 days |
| 2 hours / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 12 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 17 hours, it runs longer than 93% of the 6,730 Action & Adventure (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Shadows of the Apt
This is book 4. Books 1 to 3 run 64.8 hours before it; books 1 to 10 run 236.5 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Empire in Black and Gold: Begin the epic, page-turning fantasy of war and empire | 23.1 hrs |
| 2 | Dragonfly Falling: Book Two in the Epic Fantasy Series from British Fantasy Award Winner Adrian Tchaikovsky | 25.7 hrs |
| 3 | Blood of the Mantis | 16 hrs |
| 4 | Salute the Dark | 17 hrs |
| 5 | The Scarab Path | 26.6 hrs |
| 6 | The Sea Watch | 27.2 hrs |
| 7 | Heirs of the Blade | 24.8 hrs |
| 8 | The Air War | 25.1 hrs |
| 9 | War Master's Gate | 27.6 hrs |
| 10 | Seal of the Worm | 23.2 hrs |
More narrated by Ben Allen
Ben Allen narrates 77 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,224 hours in all.
- Written in Dead Wax
- Empire in Black and Gold: Begin the epic, page-turning fantasy of war and empire
- The Manor House
- Shakespeare for Every Day of the Year
- Dragonfly Falling: Book Two in the Epic Fantasy Series from British Fantasy Award Winner Adrian Tchaikovsky
About as long, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) shelf
307 Action & Adventure (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
Salute the Dark is book 4 of Adrian Tchaikovsky's Shadows of the Apt series: a 17-hour unabridged recording, read by Ben Allen, released February 18, 2021, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) and Epic Fantasy shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 17 hrs
- Narrated by
- Ben Allen
- Released
- February 18, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Action & Adventure (Fiction), Epic Fantasy
- Series
- Shadows of the Apt #4
- ISBN
- 9781529050332
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Salute the Dark audiobook?
Salute the Dark runs 17 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.3 hours.
Is the Salute the Dark audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Salute the Dark?
Salute the Dark is narrated by Ben Allen.
Is Salute the Dark worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.3 hours, saving 5.7 hours.