The Black Egg: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Dragonspire Chronicles series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Black Egg runs 6.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Joe Hempel (about 4.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 6.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 13 days |
| 1 hour / day | 7 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 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 6.2 hours, it is shorter than 72% of the 12,109 Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Dragonspire Chronicles
This is book 1. Books 1 to 6 run 34.4 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Black Egg | 6.2 hrs |
| 2 | The Mysterious Coin | 5.6 hrs |
| 3 | The Dragons' Graveyard | 5.9 hrs |
| 4 | The Slave War | 5.6 hrs |
| 5 | The Sunken Tower | 5.7 hrs |
| 6 | The Dragon Empress | 5.5 hrs |
More narrated by Joe Hempel
Joe Hempel narrates 433 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,472 hours in all.
- The Intruder
- Something So Right
- A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor
- The Haunted Forest Tour
- Wake Up and Open Your Eyes
About as long, on the Fantasy shelf
1,176 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
The Black Egg is book 1 of James E. Wisher's Dragonspire Chronicles series: a 6.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Joe Hempel, released July 24, 2019, on the Fantasy and Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 6.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Joe Hempel
- Released
- July 24, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Fantasy, Fiction
- Series
- Dragonspire Chronicles #1
- ISBN
- 9781400121274
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Black Egg as an audiobook?
The Black Egg runs 6.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.1 hours.
Is The Black Egg free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Black Egg?
The Black Egg is narrated by Joe Hempel.