The Dark Time: Audiobook
Book 9 of the A Peter Ash Novel series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Dark Time runs 12.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Stephen Mendel (about 8.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 25 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 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 12.2 hours, it runs longer than 78% of the 6,730 Action & Adventure (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on A Peter Ash Novel
This is book 9. Books 1 to 8 run 90 hours before it; books 1 to 9 run 102.1 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Drifter | 9.2 hrs |
| 2 | Burning Bright | 11.9 hrs |
| 3 | Light It Up | 10.7 hrs |
| 4 | Tear It Down | 11 hrs |
| 5 | The Wild One | 10 hrs |
| 6 | The Breaker | 12.2 hrs |
| 7 | The Runaway | 11.6 hrs |
| 8 | The Price You Pay | 13.3 hrs |
| 9 | The Dark Time | 12.2 hrs |
More narrated by Stephen Mendel
Stephen Mendel narrates 44 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 482 hours in all.
About as long, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) shelf
982 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 Time is book 9 of Nick Petrie's A Peter Ash Novel series: a 12.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Stephen Mendel, released March 10, 2026, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Stephen Mendel
- Released
- March 10, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Action & Adventure (Fiction)
- Series
- A Peter Ash Novel #9
- ISBN
- 9798217285327
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Dark Time as an audiobook?
The Dark Time runs 12.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.1 hours.
Is The Dark Time free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Dark Time?
The Dark Time is narrated by Stephen Mendel.
Is The Dark Time worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.1 hours, saving 4.1 hours.