Coming of the Storm: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Contact: The Battle for America series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Coming of the Storm audiobook runs 13.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Kevin Orton (about 9.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 13.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 28 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 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 13.9 hours, it runs longer than 81% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Contact: The Battle for America
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 50 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Coming of the Storm | 13.9 hrs |
| 2 | Fire the Sky | 17.3 hrs |
| 3 | A Searing Wind | 18.9 hrs |
More narrated by Kevin Orton
Kevin Orton narrates 33 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 346 hours in all.
About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf
2,033 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Before We Were Yours
- The Women
- The Giver of Stars: Reese's Book Club
- The Alice Network
- The Frozen River: A GMA Book Club Pick
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
Coming of the Storm is book 1 of Kathleen O'neal Gear's Contact: The Battle for America series: a 13.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Kevin Orton, released September 30, 2011, on the Historical (Fiction) and Westerns & War shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Kevin Orton
- Released
- September 30, 2011
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction), Westerns & War
- Series
- Contact: The Battle for America #1
- ISBN
- 9781501992858
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Coming of the Storm audiobook?
Coming of the Storm runs 13.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.2 hours.
Is the Coming of the Storm audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Coming of the Storm?
Coming of the Storm is narrated by Kevin Orton.
Is Coming of the Storm worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.2 hours, saving 4.6 hours.