Chief's Mess: Audiobook
Book 3 of the Anchor Point series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Chief's Mess audiobook runs 7.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Nick J. Russo (about 5.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 7.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 16 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
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What our data says
- At 7.8 hours, it is shorter than 52% of the 16,241 Modern audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Anchor Point
This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 16.7 hours before it; books 1 to 8 run 62.3 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Just Drive | 7.3 hrs |
| 2 | Afraid to Fly | 9.4 hrs |
| 3 | Chief's Mess | 7.8 hrs |
| 4 | Rank & File | 7 hrs |
| 5 | Going Overboard | 7.5 hrs |
| 6 | Once Burned | 7.7 hrs |
| 7 | Wash Out | 6.6 hrs |
| 8 | Sink or Swim | 9 hrs |
More narrated by Nick J. Russo
Nick J. Russo narrates 196 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,470 hours in all.
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- House of Sky and Breath (1 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation]: Crescent City 2
- House of Flame and Shadow (2 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation]: Crescent City 3
- House of Sky and Breath (2 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation]: Crescent City 2
- The Sunlit Man: A Cosmere Novel [Dramatized Adaptation]: Secret Projects 4
About as long, on the Modern shelf
3,023 Modern 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
Chief's Mess is book 3 of L.A. Witt's Anchor Point series: a 7.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Nick J. Russo, released February 10, 2025, on the Modern shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Nick J. Russo
- Released
- February 10, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Modern
- Series
- Anchor Point #3
- ISBN
- 9798347325252
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Chief's Mess audiobook?
Chief's Mess runs 7.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.2 hours.
Is the Chief's Mess audiobook free?
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Who narrates Chief's Mess?
Chief's Mess is narrated by Nick J. Russo.