Swallowing Darkness: Audiobook
Book 7 of the Merry Gentry series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Swallowing Darkness audiobook runs 12.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Stella Hunter (about 8.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 25 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 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 12.2 hours, it runs longer than 76% of the 12,109 Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Merry Gentry
This is book 7. Books 1 to 6 run 72.9 hours before it; books 1 to 10 run 122.1 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Kiss of Shadows | 16.4 hrs |
| 2 | A Caress of Twilight | 11.7 hrs |
| 3 | Seduced by Moonlight | 14.2 hrs |
| 4 | A Stroke of Midnight | 14 hrs |
| 5 | Mistral's Kiss | 7.3 hrs |
| 6 | A Lick of Frost | 9.3 hrs |
| 7 | Swallowing Darkness | 12.2 hrs |
| 8 | Divine Misdemeanors | 10.8 hrs |
| 9 | A Shiver of Light | 13 hrs |
| 10 | A Glimmer of Death | 13.2 hrs |
More narrated by Stella Hunter
Stella Hunter narrates 224 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,909 hours in all.
About as long, on the Fantasy shelf
1,666 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
Swallowing Darkness is book 7 of Laurell K. Hamilton's Merry Gentry series: a 12.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Stella Hunter, released March 18, 2025, on the Romantasy (Romance) and Fantasy shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Stella Hunter
- Released
- March 18, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Romantasy (Romance), Fantasy, Romantasy (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
- Series
- Merry Gentry #7
- ISBN
- 9798217080748
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Swallowing Darkness audiobook?
Swallowing Darkness runs 12.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.1 hours.
Is the Swallowing Darkness audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Swallowing Darkness?
Swallowing Darkness is narrated by Stella Hunter.
Is Swallowing Darkness worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.1 hours, saving 4.1 hours.