The Shock of Night: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Darkwater series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Shock of Night runs 18.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Danny Campbell (about 12.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 18.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 37 days |
| 1 hour / day | 19 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 18.3 hours, it runs longer than 80% of the 4,887 Epic Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Darkwater Saga
This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 36.9 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Shock of Night | 18.3 hrs |
| 2 | The Shattered Vigil | 18.6 hrs |
More narrated by Danny Campbell
Danny Campbell narrates 320 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,127 hours in all.
About as long, on the Epic Fantasy shelf
609 Epic 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 Shock of Night is book 1 of Patrick W. Carr's Darkwater series: a 18.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Danny Campbell, released October 4, 2016, on the Epic Fantasy shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 18.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Danny Campbell
- Released
- October 4, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Epic Fantasy
- Series
- Darkwater Saga #1
- ISBN
- 9781515982531
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Shock of Night as an audiobook?
The Shock of Night runs 18.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 12.2 hours.
Is The Shock of Night free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Shock of Night?
The Shock of Night is narrated by Danny Campbell.
Is The Shock of Night worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 12.2 hours, saving 6.1 hours.