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The Black: Arrival by Paul E Cooley

The Black: Arrival: Audiobook

Book 2 of the Black series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Black: Arrival runs 8.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Joe Hempel (about 5.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

8.7listening hrs
Science Fictionstore shelf
2023released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 8.7 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Black: Arrival at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day18 days
1 hour / day9 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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What our data says

  • At 8.7 hours, it runs longer than 50% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on The Black

This is book 2. Book 1 runs 8.2 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 27.4 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1The Black8.2 hrs
2The Black: Arrival8.7 hrs
3The Black: Outbreak10.5 hrs

More narrated by Joe Hempel

Joe Hempel narrates 433 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,472 hours in all.

All Joe Hempel audiobooks, measured

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 Black: Arrival is book 2 of Paul E Cooley's Black series: a 8.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Joe Hempel, released April 4, 2023, on the Science Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
8.7 hrs
Narrated by
Joe Hempel
Released
April 4, 2023
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Science Fiction
Series
The Black #2
ISBN
9781960486547

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Black: Arrival as an audiobook?

The Black: Arrival runs 8.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.8 hours.

Is The Black: Arrival free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates The Black: Arrival?

The Black: Arrival is narrated by Joe Hempel.