The Dark Defiles: Audiobook
Book 3 of the A Land Fit for Heroes series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Dark Defiles runs 24.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Simon Vance (about 16 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 24.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 49 days |
| 1 hour / day | 25 days |
| 2 hours / day | 13 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 17 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 24.1 hours, it runs longer than 98% of the 6,730 Action & Adventure (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on A Land Fit for Heroes
This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 31.9 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 55.9 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Steel Remains | 15 hrs |
| 2 | The Cold Commands | 16.9 hrs |
| 3 | The Dark Defiles | 24.1 hrs |
More narrated by Simon Vance
Simon Vance narrates 793 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 8,393 hours in all.
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- Dune Messiah: Book Two in the Dune Chronicles
- Fire & Blood (HBO Tie-in Edition): 300 Years Before A Game of Thrones
- The House in the Woods
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About as long, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) shelf
124 Action & Adventure (Fiction) 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 Dark Defiles is book 3 of Richard K. Morgan's A Land Fit for Heroes series: a 24.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Simon Vance, released October 7, 2014, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) and Epic Fantasy shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 24.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Simon Vance
- Released
- October 7, 2014
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Action & Adventure (Fiction), Epic Fantasy
- Series
- A Land Fit for Heroes #3
- ISBN
- 9781494571344
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Dark Defiles as an audiobook?
The Dark Defiles runs 24.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 16 hours.
Is The Dark Defiles free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Dark Defiles?
The Dark Defiles is narrated by Simon Vance.
Is The Dark Defiles worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 16 hours, saving 8 hours.