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The Black Song by Anthony Ryan

The Black Song: Audiobook

Book 2 of the Raven's Blade Novel, A series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Black Song runs 17.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Steven Brand (about 11.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

17.5listening hrs
Fantasystore shelf
2020released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 17.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Black Song at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day35 days
1 hour / day18 days
2 hours / day9 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×12 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 17.5 hours, it runs longer than 92% of the 12,109 Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Raven's Blade Novel, A

This is book 2. Book 1 runs 16.9 hours before it; books 1 to 2 run 34.4 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1The Wolf's Call16.9 hrs
2The Black Song17.5 hrs

More narrated by Steven Brand

Steven Brand narrates 53 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 744 hours in all.

All Steven Brand 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 Song is book 2 of Anthony Ryan's Raven's Blade Novel, A series: a 17.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Steven Brand, released August 4, 2020, on the Fantasy and Epic Fantasy shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
17.5 hrs
Narrated by
Steven Brand
Released
August 4, 2020
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Fantasy, Epic Fantasy
Series
Raven's Blade Novel, A #2
ISBN
9780593214596

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Black Song as an audiobook?

The Black Song runs 17.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.7 hours.

Is The Black Song free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Black Song?

The Black Song is narrated by Steven Brand.

Is The Black Song worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.7 hours, saving 5.8 hours.