First Strike: Audiobook
Book 21 of the Spider Shepherd series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the First Strike audiobook runs 13.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Paul Thornley (about 9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 13.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 27 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 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 13.5 hours, it runs longer than 84% of the 2,312 Espionage audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Paul Thornley
Paul Thornley narrates 132 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,372 hours in all.
About as long, on the Espionage shelf
390 Espionage 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 21 of Stephen Leather's Spider Shepherd series: a 13.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Paul Thornley, released July 18, 2024, on the Espionage shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Paul Thornley
- Released
- July 18, 2024
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Espionage
- Series
- Spider Shepherd #21
- ISBN
- 9781399180115
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the First Strike audiobook?
First Strike runs 13.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9 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 Paul Thornley.
Is First Strike worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9 hours, saving 4.5 hours.