The Weight of Darkness: Audiobook
Book 5 of the Catalyst series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Weight of Darkness runs 17 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Eric Michael Summerer (about 11.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 17 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 34 days |
| 1 hour / day | 17 days |
| 2 hours / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 12 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 17 hours, it runs longer than 75% of the 4,887 Epic Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Catalyst
This is book 5. Books 1 to 4 run 51.1 hours before it; books 1 to 6 run 84 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Catalyst | 12.2 hrs |
| 2 | Fulcrum of Light | 13 hrs |
| 3 | Ghosts of the Erlyn | 11.3 hrs |
| 4 | The Defiance of Vim | 14.5 hrs |
| 5 | The Weight of Darkness | 17 hrs |
| 6 | Will of the Phrenic | 16 hrs |
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Eric Michael Summerer narrates 301 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,103 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Epic Fantasy shelf
664 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 Weight of Darkness is book 5 of C.J. Aaron's Catalyst series: a 17-hour unabridged recording, read by Eric Michael Summerer, released September 11, 2023, on the Epic Fantasy shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 17 hrs
- Narrated by
- Eric Michael Summerer
- Released
- September 11, 2023
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Epic Fantasy
- Series
- Catalyst #5
- ISBN
- 9781666194685
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Weight of Darkness as an audiobook?
The Weight of Darkness runs 17 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.3 hours.
Is The Weight of Darkness free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Weight of Darkness?
The Weight of Darkness is narrated by Eric Michael Summerer.
Is The Weight of Darkness worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.3 hours, saving 5.7 hours.