The Dark Talent: Audiobook
Book 5 of the Alcatraz series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Dark Talent runs 5.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Ramón De Ocampo (about 3.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 5.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 12 days |
| 1 hour / day | 6 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 days |
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What our data says
- At 5.8 hours, it runs longer than 57% of the 7,923 Mystery & Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Alcatraz
This is book 5. Books 1 to 4 run 27.2 hours before it; books 1 to 5 run 32.9 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians | 6.9 hrs |
| 2 | The Scrivener's Bones | 7.1 hrs |
| 3 | The Knights of Crystallia | 6.8 hrs |
| 4 | The Shattered Lens | 6.4 hrs |
| 5 | The Dark Talent | 5.8 hrs |
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About as long, on the Mystery & Fantasy shelf
879 Mystery & 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 Dark Talent is book 5 of Brandon Sanderson's Alcatraz series: a 5.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Ramón De Ocampo, released September 13, 2016, on the Mystery & Fantasy shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 5.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Ramón De Ocampo
- Released
- September 13, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Mystery & Fantasy
- Series
- Alcatraz #5
- ISBN
- 9781501926600
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Dark Talent as an audiobook?
The Dark Talent runs 5.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.8 hours.
Is The Dark Talent free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Dark Talent?
The Dark Talent is narrated by Ramón De Ocampo.