The Phoenix Darkness: Audiobook
Book 5 of the Phoenix Conspiracy series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Phoenix Darkness runs 14.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Matthew Ebel (about 9.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 14.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 30 days |
| 1 hour / day | 15 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 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 14.8 hours, it runs longer than 85% of the 2,721 Space Opera audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Phoenix Conspiracy Series
This is book 5. Books 1 to 4 run 49.6 hours before it; books 1 to 7 run 96 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Phoenix Conspiracy | 12 hrs |
| 2 | The Phoenix Rising | 11.6 hrs |
| 3 | The Phoenix Crisis | 12.6 hrs |
| 4 | The Phoenix War | 13.4 hrs |
| 5 | The Phoenix Darkness | 14.8 hrs |
| 6 | The Phoenix Reckoning | 13.7 hrs |
| 7 | The Phoenix Requiem | 17.9 hrs |
More narrated by Matthew Ebel
Matthew Ebel narrates 7 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 96 hours in all.
About as long, on the Space Opera shelf
311 Space Opera audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Star Wars Legends: Darth Plagueis
- Star Wars: Thrawn: Alliances
- Speaker for the Dead
- Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy: Chaos Rising: Book I
- Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy - Legends: Dark Force Rising
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 Phoenix Darkness is book 5 of Richard Sanders's Phoenix Conspiracy series: a 14.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Matthew Ebel, released May 13, 2020, on the Space Opera shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 14.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Matthew Ebel
- Released
- May 13, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Space Opera
- Series
- The Phoenix Conspiracy Series #5
- ISBN
- 9781662207013
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Phoenix Darkness as an audiobook?
The Phoenix Darkness runs 14.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.8 hours.
Is The Phoenix Darkness free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Phoenix Darkness?
The Phoenix Darkness is narrated by Matthew Ebel.
Is The Phoenix Darkness worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.8 hours, saving 4.9 hours.