The Bear King: Audiobook
Book 3 of the Dark Age series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Bear King runs 12.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by David Shaw-Parker (about 8.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 26 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 12.8 hours, it runs longer than 74% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Dark Age
This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 30.1 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 42.9 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pendragon | 16 hrs |
| 2 | Dark Age: (Dark Age Book 2) | 14.1 hrs |
| 3 | The Bear King | 12.8 hrs |
More narrated by David Shaw-Parker
David Shaw-Parker narrates 286 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,095 hours in all.
About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf
2,625 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Giver of Stars: Reese's Book Club
- Circe
- Water for Elephants
- Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
- The Invention of Wings
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 Bear King is book 3 of James Wilde's Dark Age series: a 12.8-hour unabridged recording, read by David Shaw-Parker, released January 9, 2020, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) and Historical (Fiction) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- David Shaw-Parker
- Released
- January 9, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Action & Adventure (Fiction), Historical (Fiction)
- Series
- Dark Age #3
- ISBN
- 9781473579439
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Bear King as an audiobook?
The Bear King runs 12.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.5 hours.
Is The Bear King free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Bear King?
The Bear King is narrated by David Shaw-Parker.
Is The Bear King worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.5 hours, saving 4.3 hours.