Death Comes But Once: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Decker's War series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Death Comes But Once audiobook runs 13.1 hours unabridged, narrated by Henry Jones (about 8.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 13.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 27 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 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 13.1 hours, it runs longer than 81% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Decker's War
This is book 1. Books 1 to 7 run 81.2 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Death Comes But Once | 13.1 hrs |
| 2 | Cold Comfort | 11.4 hrs |
| 3 | Fatal Blade | 11.9 hrs |
| 4 | Howling Stars | 11.2 hrs |
| 5 | Black Sword | 11.2 hrs |
| 6 | No Remorse | 11.5 hrs |
| 7 | Hard Strike | 10.9 hrs |
More narrated by Henry Jones
Henry Jones narrates 16 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 149 hours in all.
About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf
1,620 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
Death Comes But Once is book 1 of Eric Thomson's Decker's War series: a 13.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Henry Jones, released July 18, 2022, on the Science Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Henry Jones
- Released
- July 18, 2022
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Science Fiction
- Series
- Decker's War #1
- ISBN
- 9781989314739
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Death Comes But Once audiobook?
Death Comes But Once runs 13.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.7 hours.
Is the Death Comes But Once audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Death Comes But Once?
Death Comes But Once is narrated by Henry Jones.
Is Death Comes But Once worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.7 hours, saving 4.4 hours.