A Searing Wind: Audiobook
Book 3 of the Contact: The Battle for America series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Searing Wind runs 18.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Kevin Orton (about 12.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 18.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 38 days |
| 1 hour / day | 19 days |
| 2 hours / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 13 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 18.9 hours, it runs longer than 94% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Contact: The Battle for America
This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 31.1 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 50 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Coming of the Storm | 13.9 hrs |
| 2 | Fire the Sky | 17.3 hrs |
| 3 | A Searing Wind | 18.9 hrs |
More narrated by Kevin Orton
Kevin Orton narrates 33 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 346 hours in all.
About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf
566 Historical (Fiction) 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
A Searing Wind is book 3 of W. Michael Gear's Contact: The Battle for America series: a 18.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Kevin Orton, released August 3, 2012, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 18.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Kevin Orton
- Released
- August 3, 2012
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction)
- Series
- Contact: The Battle for America #3
- ISBN
- 9781464029721
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Searing Wind as an audiobook?
A Searing Wind runs 18.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 12.6 hours.
Is A Searing Wind free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Searing Wind?
A Searing Wind is narrated by Kevin Orton.
Is A Searing Wind worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 12.6 hours, saving 6.3 hours.