First Strike: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Grass Eaters series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the First Strike audiobook runs 20.9 hours unabridged, narrated by JJ Hawkins (about 14 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 20.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 42 days |
| 1 hour / day | 21 days |
| 2 hours / day | 11 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 14 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 20.9 hours, it runs longer than 96% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Grass Eaters
This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 44.8 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | First Strike | 20.9 hrs |
| 2 | Orbital Shift | 23.9 hrs |
More narrated by JJ Hawkins
JJ Hawkins narrates 11 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 125 hours in all.
- The Art of Breastfeeding: Completely Revised and Updated 9th Edition
- After Hours at Dooryard Books
- None of the Answers: Racing Through Life in Reverse
- A Cave King's Road to Paradise: Climbing to the Top with My Almighty Mining Skills! Volume 2
- Starstuff: Ten Science Fiction Stories to Celebrate New Possibilities
About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf
394 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 Strike is book 1 of Archer Spool's Grass Eaters series: a 20.9-hour unabridged recording, read by JJ Hawkins, released April 6, 2026, on the Science Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 20.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- JJ Hawkins
- Released
- April 6, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Science Fiction
- Series
- Grass Eaters #1
- ISBN
- 9798331938345
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the First Strike audiobook?
First Strike runs 20.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 14 hours.
Is the First Strike audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates First Strike?
First Strike is narrated by JJ Hawkins.
Is First Strike worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 14 hours, saving 7 hours.