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The Key to Fear by Kristin Cast

The Key to Fear: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Key series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Key to Fear runs 9.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Dascha Polanco (about 6.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9.2listening hrs
Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormalstore shelf
2020released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 9.2 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Key to Fear at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day19 days
1 hour / day10 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×7 days

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What our data says

  • At 9.2 hours, it is shorter than 55% of the 5,647 Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on The Key Series

This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 17.9 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1The Key to Fear9.2 hrs
2The Key to Fury8.7 hrs

About as long, on the Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal shelf

1,145 Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal 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 Key to Fear is book 1 of Kristin Cast's Key series: a 9.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Dascha Polanco, released December 15, 2020, on the Mystery & Thriller and Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
9.2 hrs
Narrated by
Dascha Polanco
Released
December 15, 2020
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal
Series
The Key Series #1
ISBN
9781538546000

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Key to Fear as an audiobook?

The Key to Fear runs 9.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.1 hours.

Is The Key to Fear free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates The Key to Fear?

The Key to Fear is narrated by Dascha Polanco.