The Knife in the Dark: A Sword and Sorcery Saga: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Seven Signs (Hawkins) series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Knife in the Dark: A Sword and Sorcery Saga runs 16.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Malk Williams (about 11.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 16.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 34 days |
| 1 hour / day | 17 days |
| 2 hours / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 12 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 16.6 hours, it runs longer than 90% of the 12,109 Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Seven Signs (Hawkins)
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 13.7 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 43.7 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Child of the Flames: A Sword and Sorcery Saga | 13.7 hrs |
| 2 | The Knife in the Dark: A Sword and Sorcery Saga | 16.6 hrs |
| 3 | The Old Man of the Temple: A Sword and Sorcery Saga | 13.3 hrs |
More narrated by Malk Williams
Malk Williams narrates 106 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,412 hours in all.
About as long, on the Fantasy shelf
785 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 Knife in the Dark: A Sword and Sorcery Saga is book 2 of D.W. Hawkins's Seven Signs (Hawkins) series: a 16.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Malk Williams, released May 3, 2018, on the Fantasy shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 16.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Malk Williams
- Released
- May 3, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Fantasy
- Series
- Seven Signs (Hawkins) #2
- ISBN
- 9781528804981
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Knife in the Dark: A Sword and Sorcery Saga as an audiobook?
The Knife in the Dark: A Sword and Sorcery Saga runs 16.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.1 hours.
Is The Knife in the Dark: A Sword and Sorcery Saga free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Knife in the Dark: A Sword and Sorcery Saga?
The Knife in the Dark: A Sword and Sorcery Saga is narrated by Malk Williams.
Is The Knife in the Dark: A Sword and Sorcery Saga worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.1 hours, saving 5.5 hours.