Desperate Measures: Audiobook
Book 9 of the Opus X series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Desperate Measures audiobook runs 11.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Greg Tremblay (about 8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 24 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 11.9 hours, it runs longer than 75% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Opus X
This is book 9. Books 1 to 8 run 97.6 hours before it; books 1 to 12 run 146.1 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Obsidian Detective | 12.3 hrs |
| 2 | Shattered Truth | 12.6 hrs |
| 3 | Investigating Deceit | 12.7 hrs |
| 4 | Enlightened Ignorance | 12.3 hrs |
| 5 | A Cabal of Lies | 12.1 hrs |
| 6 | Maelstrom of Treason | 12.1 hrs |
| 7 | Shadows of Opinion | 11.8 hrs |
| 8 | One Dark Future | 11.7 hrs |
| 9 | Desperate Measures | 11.9 hrs |
| 10 | Unfaithful Covenant | 11.7 hrs |
| 11 | Deception of Age | 12.4 hrs |
| 12 | Crucible of Truth | 12.4 hrs |
More narrated by Greg Tremblay
Greg Tremblay narrates 117 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,135 hours in all.
About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf
1,917 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
- Star Wars: Master & Apprentice
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
Desperate Measures is book 9 of Michael Anderle's Opus X series: a 11.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Greg Tremblay, released October 2, 2020, on the Fantasy and Science Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Greg Tremblay
- Released
- October 2, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Series
- Opus X #9
- ISBN
- 9781666589818
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Desperate Measures audiobook?
Desperate Measures runs 11.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8 hours.
Is the Desperate Measures audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Desperate Measures?
Desperate Measures is narrated by Greg Tremblay.
Is Desperate Measures worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8 hours, saving 4 hours.