The Darkness Before Them: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Darkness Before Them runs 18.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Sara Novak (about 12.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 18.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 38 days |
| 1 hour / day | 19 days |
| 2 hours / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 13 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 18.6 hours, it runs longer than 93% of the 12,109 Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Sara Novak
Sara Novak narrates 24 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 235 hours in all.
About as long, on the Fantasy shelf
569 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 Darkness Before Them is an audiobook by Matthew Ward: a 18.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Sara Novak, released November 7, 2023, on the Fantasy and Epic Fantasy shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 18.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Sara Novak
- Released
- November 7, 2023
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Fantasy, Epic Fantasy
- ISBN
- 9781668628119
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Darkness Before Them as an audiobook?
The Darkness Before Them runs 18.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 12.4 hours.
Is The Darkness Before Them free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Darkness Before Them?
The Darkness Before Them is narrated by Sara Novak.
Is The Darkness Before Them worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 12.4 hours, saving 6.2 hours.