HALO: First Strike: Audiobook
Book 3 of the Halo series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the HALO: First Strike 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 Halo
This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 21.9 hours before it; books 1 to 5 run 56.8 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HALO: The Fall of Reach | 11.1 hrs |
| 2 | HALO: The Flood | 10.8 hrs |
| 3 | HALO: First Strike | 11.8 hrs |
| 4 | HALO: Ghosts of Onyx | 11.2 hrs |
| 5 | HALO: Contact Harvest | 11.9 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
1,924 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
HALO: First Strike is book 3 of Eric Nylund's Halo series: a 11.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Todd Mclaren, released January 1, 2019, on the Science Fiction and Better in Audio shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Todd Mclaren
- Released
- January 1, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Science Fiction, Better in Audio
- Series
- Halo #3
- ISBN
- 9781508284642
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the HALO: First Strike audiobook?
HALO: First Strike runs 11.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.9 hours.
Is the HALO: First Strike audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates HALO: First Strike?
HALO: First Strike is narrated by Todd Mclaren.
Is HALO: First Strike worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.9 hours, saving 3.9 hours.