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Blackcollar by Timothy Zahn

Blackcollar: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Blackcollar series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Blackcollar audiobook runs 12.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Kyle Tait (about 8.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

12.2listening hrs
Science Fictionstore shelf
2025released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 12.2 hours of listening.

Days to finish Blackcollar at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day25 days
1 hour / day13 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 12.2 hours, it runs longer than 76% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Blackcollar

This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 40 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Blackcollar12.2 hrs
2The Backlash Mission13.4 hrs
3Blackcollar: The Judas Solution14.5 hrs

About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf

1,856 Science 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

Blackcollar is book 1 of Timothy Zahn's Blackcollar series: a 12.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Kyle Tait, released May 13, 2025, on the Science Fiction and Space Opera shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
12.2 hrs
Narrated by
Kyle Tait
Released
May 13, 2025
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Science Fiction, Space Opera
Series
Blackcollar #1
ISBN
9798331916848

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Blackcollar audiobook?

Blackcollar runs 12.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.1 hours.

Is the Blackcollar audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Blackcollar?

Blackcollar is narrated by Kyle Tait.

Is Blackcollar worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.1 hours, saving 4.1 hours.