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To Turn the Tide by S.M. Stirling

To Turn the Tide: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Make the Darkness Light series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the To Turn the Tide audiobook runs 19.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Dean Gallagher (about 13.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

19.9listening hrs
Westerns & Warstore shelf
2025released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

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What our data says

  • At 19.9 hours, it runs longer than 98% of the 5,087 Westerns & War audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Make the Darkness Light

This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 36.1 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1To Turn the Tide19.9 hrs
2The Winds of Fate16.3 hrs

About as long, on the Westerns & War shelf

86 Westerns & War 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

To Turn the Tide is book 1 of S.M. Stirling's Make the Darkness Light series: a 19.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Dean Gallagher, released March 25, 2025, on the Westerns & War and Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy) shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
19.9 hrs
Narrated by
Dean Gallagher
Released
March 25, 2025
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Westerns & War, Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
Series
Make the Darkness Light #1
ISBN
9798331932688

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the To Turn the Tide audiobook?

To Turn the Tide runs 19.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 13.2 hours.

Is the To Turn the Tide audiobook free?

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

Who narrates To Turn the Tide?

To Turn the Tide is narrated by Dean Gallagher.

Is To Turn the Tide worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 13.2 hours, saving 6.6 hours.