First Contact: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Legacy Earth series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the First Contact audiobook runs 11.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Todd Mclaren (about 7.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.8 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 11.8 hours, it runs longer than 74% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Legacy Earth
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 12 hours before it; books 1 to 8 run 94.6 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Legacy Earth | 12 hrs |
| 2 | First Contact | 11.8 hrs |
| 3 | Deterrence Expedition | 11.8 hrs |
| 4 | AI Wars | 11.9 hrs |
| 5 | System Harbinger | 12.3 hrs |
| 6 | Overrun | 12.4 hrs |
| 7 | Hunter Killer | 11.1 hrs |
| 8 | P.O.W. | 11.2 hrs |
More narrated by Todd Mclaren
Todd Mclaren narrates 118 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,247 hours in all.
About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf
1,922 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
First Contact is book 2 of Ross Buzzell's Legacy Earth series: a 11.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Todd Mclaren, released February 15, 2022, on the Science Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Todd Mclaren
- Released
- February 15, 2022
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Science Fiction
- Series
- Legacy Earth #2
- ISBN
- 9781666182002
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the First Contact audiobook?
First Contact runs 11.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.9 hours.
Is the First Contact audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates First Contact?
First Contact is narrated by Todd Mclaren.
Is First Contact worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.9 hours, saving 3.9 hours.