The Winds of Fate: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Make the Darkness Light series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Winds of Fate runs 16.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Dean Gallagher (about 10.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 16.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 33 days |
| 1 hour / day | 17 days |
| 2 hours / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 11 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 16.3 hours, it runs longer than 95% of the 5,087 Westerns & War audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Make the Darkness Light
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 19.9 hours before it; books 1 to 2 run 36.1 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | To Turn the Tide | 19.9 hrs |
| 2 | The Winds of Fate | 16.3 hrs |
More narrated by Dean Gallagher
Dean Gallagher narrates 74 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 627 hours in all.
About as long, on the Westerns & War shelf
203 Westerns & War audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Alice Network
- The Rose Code
- For Whom the Bell Tolls
- Comstock Lode (Louis L'Amour's Lost Treasures)
- Behind the Lines
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 Winds of Fate is book 2 of S.M. Stirling's Make the Darkness Light series: a 16.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Dean Gallagher, released May 18, 2026, on the Westerns & War and Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 16.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Dean Gallagher
- Released
- May 18, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Westerns & War, Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
- Series
- Make the Darkness Light #2
- ISBN
- 9798331932701
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Winds of Fate as an audiobook?
The Winds of Fate runs 16.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.9 hours.
Is The Winds of Fate free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Winds of Fate?
The Winds of Fate is narrated by Dean Gallagher.
Is The Winds of Fate worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.9 hours, saving 5.4 hours.