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Blackest Ocean: Backyard Starship, Book 8 by J.N. Chaney, Terry Maggert

Blackest Ocean: Backyard Starship, Book 8: Audiobook

by J.N. Chaney, Terry Maggert · narrated by Jeffrey Kafer · unabridged · 2023

Book 8 of the Backyard Starship series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Blackest Ocean: Backyard Starship, Book 8 audiobook runs 11.1 hours unabridged, narrated by Jeffrey Kafer (about 7.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

11.1listening hrs
Science Fictionstore shelf
2023released
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What our data says

  • At 11.1 hours, it runs longer than 69% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Backyard Starship

This is book 8. Books 1 to 7 run 74.1 hours before it; books 1 to 11 run 120.1 hours in all.

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1Backyard Starship: Backyard Starship, Book 113 hrs
2Red Bounty: Backyard Starship, Book 29.1 hrs
3Anvil Dark: Backyard Starship, Book 39.7 hrs
4Legacy of Stars: Backyard Starship, Book 410 hrs
5Blue Shift: Backyard Starship, Book 511.3 hrs
6Distant Horizon: Backyard Starship, Book 610.9 hrs
7Kingdom Come: Backyard Starship, Book 710.2 hrs
8Blackest Ocean: Backyard Starship, Book 811.1 hrs
9Fields of Fire: Backyard Starship, Book 911.6 hrs
10Severed Ties: Backyard Starship, Book 1011.3 hrs
11Echoes of Empire: Backyard Starship, Book 1111.9 hrs

More narrated by Jeffrey Kafer

Jeffrey Kafer narrates 348 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,896 hours in all.

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About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf

2,092 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

Blackest Ocean: Backyard Starship, Book 8 is book 8 of J.N. Chaney's Backyard Starship series: a 11.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Jeffrey Kafer, released February 14, 2023, on the Science Fiction and Space Opera shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
11.1 hrs
Narrated by
Jeffrey Kafer
Released
February 14, 2023
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Science Fiction, Space Opera
Series
Backyard Starship #8
ISBN
9781039417052

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Blackest Ocean: Backyard Starship, Book 8 audiobook?

Blackest Ocean: Backyard Starship, Book 8 runs 11.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.4 hours.

Is the Blackest Ocean: Backyard Starship, Book 8 audiobook free?

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Who narrates Blackest Ocean: Backyard Starship, Book 8?

Blackest Ocean: Backyard Starship, Book 8 is narrated by Jeffrey Kafer.

Is Blackest Ocean: Backyard Starship, Book 8 worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.4 hours, saving 3.7 hours.