The Empire of Night: Audiobook
Book 3 of the A Christopher Marlowe Cobb Thriller series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Empire of Night runs 12.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Ray Chase (about 8.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.5 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 12.5 hours, it runs longer than 76% of the 2,312 Espionage audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Ray Chase
Ray Chase narrates 62 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 599 hours in all.
About as long, on the Espionage shelf
516 Espionage 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 Empire of Night is book 3 of Robert Olen Butler's A Christopher Marlowe Cobb Thriller series: a 12.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Ray Chase, released October 7, 2014, on the Espionage shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Ray Chase
- Released
- October 7, 2014
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Espionage
- Series
- A Christopher Marlowe Cobb Thriller #3
- ISBN
- 9781622314683
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Empire of Night as an audiobook?
The Empire of Night runs 12.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.3 hours.
Is The Empire of Night free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Empire of Night?
The Empire of Night is narrated by Ray Chase.
Is The Empire of Night worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.3 hours, saving 4.2 hours.