The Assassin's Curse: Audiobook
Book 3 of the Blackthorn Key series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Assassin's Curse runs 10.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Napoleon Ryan (about 6.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 21 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 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 10.4 hours, it runs longer than 92% of the 7,923 Mystery & Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Blackthorn Key
This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 17.1 hours before it; books 1 to 6 run 53.8 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blackthorn Key | 7.4 hrs |
| 2 | Mark of the Plague | 9.8 hrs |
| 3 | The Assassin's Curse | 10.4 hrs |
| 4 | Call of the Wraith | 9.8 hrs |
| 5 | The Traitor's Blade | 7.3 hrs |
| 6 | The Raven's Revenge | 9.2 hrs |
More narrated by Napoleon Ryan
Napoleon Ryan narrates 41 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 529 hours in all.
About as long, on the Mystery & Fantasy shelf
473 Mystery & Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Darkness of Dragons (Wings of Fire #10)
- Redwall
- Amari and the Night Brothers
- The Battle for Skandia: Book 4
- Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow
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
The Assassin's Curse is book 3 of Kevin Sands's Blackthorn Key series: a 10.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Napoleon Ryan, released September 5, 2017, on the Mystery & Fantasy shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Napoleon Ryan
- Released
- September 5, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Mystery & Fantasy
- Series
- The Blackthorn Key #3
- ISBN
- 9781508241768
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Assassin's Curse as an audiobook?
The Assassin's Curse runs 10.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.9 hours.
Is The Assassin's Curse free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Assassin's Curse?
The Assassin's Curse is narrated by Napoleon Ryan.
Is The Assassin's Curse worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.9 hours, saving 3.5 hours.