Fire the Sky: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Contact: The Battle for America series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Fire the Sky audiobook runs 17.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Kevin Orton (about 11.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 17.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 35 days |
| 1 hour / day | 18 days |
| 2 hours / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 12 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 17.3 hours, it runs longer than 96% of the 62,518 Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Contact: The Battle for America
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 13.9 hours before it; 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 Fiction shelf
1,973 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
Fire the Sky is book 2 of Kathleen O'neal Gear's Contact: The Battle for America series: a 17.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Kevin Orton, released November 4, 2011, on the Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 17.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Kevin Orton
- Released
- November 4, 2011
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Fiction
- Series
- Contact: The Battle for America #2
- ISBN
- 9781461848141
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Fire the Sky audiobook?
Fire the Sky runs 17.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.5 hours.
Is the Fire the Sky audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Fire the Sky?
Fire the Sky is narrated by Kevin Orton.
Is Fire the Sky worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.5 hours, saving 5.8 hours.