The Nine Pound Hammer: Book 1 of The Clockwork Dark: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Clockwork Dark series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Nine Pound Hammer: Book 1 of The Clockwork Dark runs 10.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by John H. Mayer (about 6.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 21 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 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 10.4 hours, it runs longer than 92% of the 7,923 Mystery & Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Clockwork Dark
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 33.6 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Nine Pound Hammer: Book 1 of The Clockwork Dark | 10.4 hrs |
| 2 | The Wolf Tree: Book 2 of The Clockwork Dark | 11.2 hrs |
| 3 | The White City: Book 3 of The Clockwork Dark | 12.1 hrs |
More narrated by John H. Mayer
John H. Mayer narrates 60 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 491 hours in all.
About as long, on the Mystery & Fantasy shelf
481 Mystery & Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Darkness of Dragons (Wings of Fire #10)
- Redwall
- Amari and the Night Brothers
- The Battle for Skandia: Book 4
- The Sorcerer of the North: Book Five
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 Nine Pound Hammer: Book 1 of The Clockwork Dark is book 1 of John Claude Bemis's Clockwork Dark series: a 10.4-hour unabridged recording, read by John H. Mayer, released August 25, 2009, on the Mystery & Fantasy shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- John H. Mayer
- Released
- August 25, 2009
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Mystery & Fantasy
- Series
- The Clockwork Dark #1
- ISBN
- 9780739380772
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Nine Pound Hammer: Book 1 of The Clockwork Dark as an audiobook?
The Nine Pound Hammer: Book 1 of The Clockwork Dark runs 10.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.9 hours.
Is The Nine Pound Hammer: Book 1 of The Clockwork Dark free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Nine Pound Hammer: Book 1 of The Clockwork Dark?
The Nine Pound Hammer: Book 1 of The Clockwork Dark is narrated by John H. Mayer.
Is The Nine Pound Hammer: Book 1 of The Clockwork Dark worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.9 hours, saving 3.5 hours.