First Strike: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Alien Invasion War series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the First Strike audiobook runs 3.1 hours unabridged, narrated by Matt Edsand (about 2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 3.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day | 4 days |
| 2 hours / day | 2 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 3 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 3.1 hours, it is shorter than 84% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Alien Invasion War
This is book 1. Books 1 to 4 run 11.9 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | First Strike | 3.1 hrs |
| 2 | Risen Enemy | 3 hrs |
| 3 | Broken Lines | 3 hrs |
| 4 | Fractured Paths | 2.9 hrs |
More narrated by Matt Edsand
Matt Edsand narrates 12 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 33 hours in all.
About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf
358 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 Matt Edsand's Alien Invasion War series: a 3.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Matt Edsand, released October 9, 2025, on the Science Fiction and Space Opera shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 3.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Matt Edsand
- Released
- October 9, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Science Fiction, Space Opera
- Series
- Alien Invasion War #1
- ISBN
- 9798318156397
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the First Strike audiobook?
First Strike runs 3.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 2 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 Matt Edsand.