The Darkening King: Audiobook
Book 3 of the Ned’s Circus of Marvels series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Darkening King runs 9.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Mike Grady (about 6.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 19 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 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 9.4 hours, it runs longer than 88% of the 7,923 Mystery & Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Ned’s Circus of Marvels
This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 19.9 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 29.3 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ned’s Circus of Marvels | 9.8 hrs |
| 2 | The Gold Thief | 10.1 hrs |
| 3 | The Darkening King | 9.4 hrs |
More narrated by Mike Grady
Mike Grady narrates 86 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 942 hours in all.
About as long, on the Mystery & Fantasy shelf
697 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 Darkening King is book 3 of Justin Fisher's Ned’s Circus of Marvels series: a 9.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Mike Grady, released July 26, 2018, on the Mystery & Fantasy shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Mike Grady
- Released
- July 26, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Mystery & Fantasy
- Series
- Ned’s Circus of Marvels #3
- ISBN
- 9780008124601
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Darkening King as an audiobook?
The Darkening King runs 9.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.3 hours.
Is The Darkening King free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Darkening King?
The Darkening King is narrated by Mike Grady.