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The Somber Call by Michelle Dare

The Somber Call: Audiobook

Book 2 of the Ariane series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Somber Call runs 7.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Chandra Skyye (about 5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

7.5listening hrs
Romance (Teen & YA)store shelf
2019released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 7.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Somber Call at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day15 days
1 hour / day8 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×5 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 7.5 hours, it is shorter than 72% of the 4,186 Romance (Teen & YA) audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Ariane Trilogy

This is book 2. Book 1 runs 7.8 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 22.7 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1The Ash Moon7.8 hrs
2The Somber Call7.5 hrs
3The Crucial Shift7.4 hrs

About as long, on the Romance (Teen & YA) shelf

691 Romance (Teen & YA) 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 Somber Call is book 2 of Michelle Dare's Ariane series: a 7.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Chandra Skyye, released April 30, 2019, on the Romance (Teen & YA) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
7.5 hrs
Narrated by
Chandra Skyye
Released
April 30, 2019
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Romance (Teen & YA)
Series
Ariane Trilogy #2
ISBN
9781515919896

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Somber Call as an audiobook?

The Somber Call runs 7.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5 hours.

Is The Somber Call free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates The Somber Call?

The Somber Call is narrated by Chandra Skyye.