The Brilliant Dark: Audiobook
Book 3 of the Realms of Ancient series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Brilliant Dark runs 15.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Morgan Hallett (about 10.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 15.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 32 days |
| 1 hour / day | 16 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 11 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 15.9 hours, it runs longer than 99% of the 7,923 Mystery & Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Realms of Ancient
This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 28.4 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 44.3 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scion of the Fox | 13.6 hrs |
| 2 | Children of the Bloodlands | 14.8 hrs |
| 3 | The Brilliant Dark | 15.9 hrs |
More narrated by Morgan Hallett
Morgan Hallett narrates 139 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,546 hours in all.
About as long, on the Mystery & Fantasy shelf
83 Mystery & Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The His Dark Materials: The Amber Spyglass (Book 3)
- Inkheart
- The Finisher (Vega Jane, Book 1)
- A World Without Heroes
- Seeds of Rebellion
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 Brilliant Dark is book 3 of S.M. Beiko's Realms of Ancient series: a 15.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Morgan Hallett, released September 24, 2019, on the Mystery & Fantasy shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 15.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Morgan Hallett
- Released
- September 24, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Mystery & Fantasy
- Series
- Realms of Ancient #3
- ISBN
- 9781980056607
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Brilliant Dark as an audiobook?
The Brilliant Dark runs 15.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.6 hours.
Is The Brilliant Dark free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Brilliant Dark?
The Brilliant Dark is narrated by Morgan Hallett.
Is The Brilliant Dark worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.6 hours, saving 5.3 hours.