The Darkest Road: Audiobook
Book 3 of the Fionavar Tapestry series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Darkest Road runs 16.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Simon Vance (about 11.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 16.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 34 days |
| 1 hour / day | 17 days |
| 2 hours / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 12 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 16.6 hours, it runs longer than 90% of the 12,109 Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Fionavar Tapestry
This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 24 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 40.6 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Summer Tree | 13.1 hrs |
| 2 | The Wandering Fire | 10.9 hrs |
| 3 | The Darkest Road | 16.6 hrs |
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Simon Vance narrates 793 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 8,393 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Fantasy shelf
791 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 Darkest Road is book 3 of Guy Gavriel Kay's Fionavar Tapestry series: a 16.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Simon Vance, released March 3, 2020, on the Essays & Anthologies and Fantasy shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 16.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Simon Vance
- Released
- March 3, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Essays & Anthologies, Fantasy
- Series
- Fionavar Tapestry #3
- ISBN
- 9781980090397
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Darkest Road as an audiobook?
The Darkest Road runs 16.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.1 hours.
Is The Darkest Road free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Darkest Road?
The Darkest Road is narrated by Simon Vance.
Is The Darkest Road worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.1 hours, saving 5.5 hours.