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Hard Drop by B.R. Keid

Hard Drop: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Colonial Defense Marines series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Hard Drop audiobook runs 18.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Kenneth Fuentes (about 12.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

18.3listening hrs
Science Fictionstore shelf
2025released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 18.3 hours of listening.

Days to finish Hard Drop at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day37 days
1 hour / day19 days
2 hours / day10 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×13 days

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What our data says

  • At 18.3 hours, it runs longer than 94% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf

609 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

Hard Drop is book 1 of B.R. Keid's Colonial Defense Marines series: a 18.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Kenneth Fuentes, released December 27, 2025, on the Science Fiction and Space Opera shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
18.3 hrs
Narrated by
Kenneth Fuentes
Released
December 27, 2025
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Science Fiction, Space Opera
Series
Colonial Defense Marines #1
ISBN
9798991147385

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Hard Drop audiobook?

Hard Drop runs 18.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 12.2 hours.

Is the Hard Drop audiobook free?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates Hard Drop?

Hard Drop is narrated by Kenneth Fuentes.

Is Hard Drop worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 12.2 hours, saving 6.1 hours.