The King: Audiobook
Book 8 of the Black Force Shorts series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The King runs 3.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Tony Alvarez (about 2.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 3.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day | 4 days |
| 2 hours / day | 2 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 3 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 3.6 hours, it is shorter than 96% of the 2,312 Espionage audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Black Force Shorts
This is book 8. Books 1 to 7 run 21.8 hours before it; books 1 to 10 run 32 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Victor | 3 hrs |
| 2 | The Chimera | 2.9 hrs |
| 3 | The Tribe | 3.2 hrs |
| 4 | The Hidden | 3.2 hrs |
| 5 | The Coast | 3.1 hrs |
| 6 | The Storm | 3 hrs |
| 7 | The Wicked | 3.4 hrs |
| 8 | The King | 3.6 hrs |
| 9 | The Joker | 3.2 hrs |
| 10 | The Ruins | 3.4 hrs |
More narrated by Tony Alvarez
Tony Alvarez narrates 18 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 119 hours in all.
About as long, on the Espionage shelf
20 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 King is book 8 of Matt Rogers's Black Force Shorts series: a 3.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Tony Alvarez, released October 27, 2025, on the Espionage shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 3.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Tony Alvarez
- Released
- October 27, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Espionage
- Series
- Black Force Shorts #8
- ISBN
- 9781761631047
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The King as an audiobook?
The King runs 3.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 2.4 hours.
Is The King free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The King?
The King is narrated by Tony Alvarez.