When Darkness Falls: Audiobook
Book 3 of the Obsidian series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the When Darkness Falls audiobook runs 25.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Susan Ericksen (about 17 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 25.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 51 days |
| 1 hour / day | 26 days |
| 2 hours / day | 13 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 17 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 25.5 hours, it runs longer than 94% of the 4,887 Epic Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Obsidian
This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 65.5 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 91 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Outstretched Shadow | 30.7 hrs |
| 2 | To Light a Candle | 34.9 hrs |
| 3 | When Darkness Falls | 25.5 hrs |
More narrated by Susan Ericksen
Susan Ericksen narrates 300 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,621 hours in all.
About as long, on the Epic Fantasy shelf
260 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
When Darkness Falls is book 3 of James Mallory's Obsidian series: a 25.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Susan Ericksen, released August 17, 2010, on the Epic Fantasy shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 25.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Susan Ericksen
- Released
- August 17, 2010
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Epic Fantasy
- Series
- Obsidian #3
- ISBN
- 9781400183845
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the When Darkness Falls audiobook?
When Darkness Falls runs 25.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 17 hours.
Is the When Darkness Falls audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates When Darkness Falls?
When Darkness Falls is narrated by Susan Ericksen.
Is When Darkness Falls worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 17 hours, saving 8.5 hours.