Buried Starship: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Shadow of War series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Buried Starship audiobook runs 11.5 hours unabridged, narrated by John Pirhalla (about 7.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 23 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 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 11.5 hours, it runs longer than 72% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Shadow of War
This is book 1. Books 1 to 5 run 62.8 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buried Starship | 11.5 hrs |
| 2 | Relic Fleet | 12.7 hrs |
| 3 | Scars of Rebellion | 12.9 hrs |
| 4 | Future Guard | 13.1 hrs |
| 5 | Hive Empire | 12.5 hrs |
More narrated by John Pirhalla
John Pirhalla narrates 206 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,999 hours in all.
About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf
2,010 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Star Wars Legends: Darth Bane Trilogy: Path of Destruction
- Star Wars: The Old Republic - Legends: Revan
- Armada
- The Troop
- 1986 - Book 1: Hunted in Time
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
Buried Starship is book 1 of Anthony J. Melchiorri's Shadow of War series: a 11.5-hour unabridged recording, read by John Pirhalla, released December 30, 2025, on the Science Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- John Pirhalla
- Released
- December 30, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Science Fiction
- Series
- Shadow of War #1
- ISBN
- 9798228745544
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Buried Starship audiobook?
Buried Starship runs 11.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.7 hours.
Is the Buried Starship audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Buried Starship?
Buried Starship is narrated by John Pirhalla.
Is Buried Starship worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.7 hours, saving 3.8 hours.