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Cold Steel by Joe Kassabian

Cold Steel: Audiobook

Book 2 of the Forlorn Hope series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Cold Steel audiobook runs 8.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Kristin James (about 5.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

8.7listening hrs
Science Fictionstore shelf
2023released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 8.7 hours of listening.

Days to finish Cold Steel at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day18 days
1 hour / day9 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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

What our data says

  • At 8.7 hours, it runs longer than 50% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Forlorn Hope

This is book 2. Book 1 runs 8.6 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 25.9 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Frontier Corps8.6 hrs
2Cold Steel8.7 hrs
3Coffin Troopers8.5 hrs

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

Cold Steel is book 2 of Joe Kassabian's Forlorn Hope series: a 8.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Kristin James, released April 18, 2023, on the Science Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
8.7 hrs
Narrated by
Kristin James
Released
April 18, 2023
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Science Fiction
Series
Forlorn Hope #2
ISBN
9798350802603

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Cold Steel audiobook?

Cold Steel runs 8.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.8 hours.

Is the Cold Steel audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Cold Steel?

Cold Steel is narrated by Kristin James.