The Secret of the Dark Forest: Audiobook
Book 3 of the Way of the Shaman series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Secret of the Dark Forest runs 19.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Jonathan Yen (about 12.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 19.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 39 days |
| 1 hour / day | 20 days |
| 2 hours / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 13 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 19.1 hours, it runs longer than 95% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Way of the Shaman
This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 27.3 hours before it; books 1 to 7 run 115.2 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Survival Quest | 11.4 hrs |
| 2 | The Kartoss Gambit | 15.8 hrs |
| 3 | The Secret of the Dark Forest | 19.1 hrs |
| 4 | The Phantom Castle | 19.1 hrs |
| 5 | The Karmadont Chess Set | 15.9 hrs |
| 6 | Shaman's Revenge | 16.9 hrs |
| 7 | Clans War | 16.9 hrs |
More narrated by Jonathan Yen
Jonathan Yen narrates 288 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,172 hours in all.
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- The Kartoss Gambit
About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf
517 Science Fiction 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 Secret of the Dark Forest is book 3 of Vasily Mahanenko's Way of the Shaman series: a 19.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Jonathan Yen, released November 8, 2016, on the Science Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 19.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Jonathan Yen
- Released
- November 8, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Science Fiction
- Series
- Way of the Shaman #3
- ISBN
- 9781515973638
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Secret of the Dark Forest as an audiobook?
The Secret of the Dark Forest runs 19.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 12.7 hours.
Is The Secret of the Dark Forest free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Secret of the Dark Forest?
The Secret of the Dark Forest is narrated by Jonathan Yen.
Is The Secret of the Dark Forest worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 12.7 hours, saving 6.4 hours.