The Hammer of Darkness: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Hammer of Darkness runs 13 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Kyle McCarley (about 8.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 13 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 26 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 13 hours, it runs longer than 76% of the 2,721 Space Opera audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Kyle McCarley
Kyle McCarley narrates 51 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 773 hours in all.
About as long, on the Space Opera shelf
412 Space Opera 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 Hammer of Darkness is an audiobook by L. E. Modesitt Jr.: a 13-hour unabridged recording, read by Kyle McCarley, released August 23, 2016, on the Space Opera shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13 hrs
- Narrated by
- Kyle McCarley
- Released
- August 23, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Space Opera
- ISBN
- 9781515980698
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Hammer of Darkness as an audiobook?
The Hammer of Darkness runs 13 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.7 hours.
Is The Hammer of Darkness free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Hammer of Darkness?
The Hammer of Darkness is narrated by Kyle McCarley.
Is The Hammer of Darkness worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.7 hours, saving 4.3 hours.