The Black: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Morpheus Road series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Black runs 13.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Nick Podehl (about 8.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 13.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 27 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 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 13.1 hours, it runs longer than 99% of the 37,584 Kids audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Morpheus Road
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 10.8 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 34.5 hours in all.
More narrated by Nick Podehl
Nick Podehl narrates 268 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,376 hours in all.
- The Name of the Wind
- The Wise Man's Fear
- Black Hills
- This Book is Full of Spiders: Seriously, Dude, Don't Touch It
- The Beginning of the End
About as long, on the Kids shelf
467 Kids 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 is book 2 of D.J. MacHale's Morpheus Road series: a 13.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Nick Podehl, released April 19, 2011, on the Kids shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Nick Podehl
- Released
- April 19, 2011
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Kids
- Series
- Morpheus Road #2
- ISBN
- 9781423397847
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Black as an audiobook?
The Black runs 13.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.7 hours.
Is The Black free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Black?
The Black is narrated by Nick Podehl.
Is The Black worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.7 hours, saving 4.4 hours.