The Darkest Hour: Audiobook
Book 1 of the KGI series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Darkest Hour runs 10.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Harry Berkeley (about 7.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 22 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 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 10.8 hours, it runs longer than 77% of the 7,690 Mystery audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on KGI
This is book 1. Books 1 to 5 run 52.5 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Darkest Hour | 10.8 hrs |
| 2 | No Place to Run | 8.8 hrs |
| 3 | Hidden Away | 11.2 hrs |
| 4 | Whispers in the Dark | 11.6 hrs |
| 5 | Echoes At Dawn | 10 hrs |
More narrated by Harry Berkeley
Harry Berkeley narrates 12 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 90 hours in all.
- No Place to Run
- Whispers in the Dark
- Echoes At Dawn
- Hidden Away
- Enticed by His Forgotten Lover
About as long, on the Mystery shelf
1,581 Mystery 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 Darkest Hour is book 1 of Maya Banks's KGI series: a 10.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Harry Berkeley, released November 2, 2012, on the Mystery shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Harry Berkeley
- Released
- November 2, 2012
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Mystery
- Series
- KGI #1
- ISBN
- 9781470324759
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Darkest Hour as an audiobook?
The Darkest Hour runs 10.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.2 hours.
Is The Darkest Hour free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Darkest Hour?
The Darkest Hour is narrated by Harry Berkeley.
Is The Darkest Hour worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.2 hours, saving 3.6 hours.