First Impact: Audiobook
Book 1 of the 6th Extinction series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the First Impact audiobook runs 9.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Curtis Michael Holland and Sara Young and others (about 6.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 19 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 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 9.2 hours, it runs longer than 54% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The 6th Extinction
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 26 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | First Impact | 9.2 hrs |
| 2 | Existential Threat: A Post-Apocalyptic Survival Thriller | 8.5 hrs |
| 3 | Critical Mass: A Post-Apocalyptic Survival Thriller | 8.2 hrs |
More narrated by Curtis Michael Holland
Curtis Michael Holland narrates 134 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,208 hours in all.
About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf
2,063 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
First Impact is book 1 of Tara Ellis's 6th Extinction series: a 9.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Curtis Michael Holland, Sara Young and Jennifer Jill Araya and others, released April 8, 2025, on the Apocalyptic & Dystopian and Science Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Curtis Michael Holland, Sara Young, Jennifer Jill Araya, Nick Mondelli
- Released
- April 8, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Apocalyptic & Dystopian, Science Fiction
- Series
- The 6th Extinction #1
- ISBN
- 9781666694741
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the First Impact audiobook?
First Impact runs 9.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.1 hours.
Is the First Impact audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates First Impact?
First Impact is narrated by Curtis Michael Holland, Sara Young, Jennifer Jill Araya and Nick Mondelli.