The Gathering: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Darkness Rising series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Gathering runs 8.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Jennifer Ikeda (about 5.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 17 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 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 8.1 hours, it runs longer than 81% of the 7,923 Mystery & Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Darkness Rising
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 26.3 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Gathering | 8.1 hrs |
| 2 | The Calling | 7.6 hrs |
| 3 | The Rising | 10.6 hrs |
More narrated by Jennifer Ikeda
Jennifer Ikeda narrates 96 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 996 hours in all.
About as long, on the Mystery & Fantasy shelf
1,051 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 Gathering is book 1 of Kelley Armstrong's Darkness Rising series: a 8.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Jennifer Ikeda, released April 12, 2011, on the Mystery & Fantasy shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Jennifer Ikeda
- Released
- April 12, 2011
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Mystery & Fantasy
- Series
- Darkness Rising #1
- ISBN
- 9780062036520
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Gathering as an audiobook?
The Gathering runs 8.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.4 hours.
Is The Gathering free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Gathering?
The Gathering is narrated by Jennifer Ikeda.