He Was Not Prepared: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Birth of Heavy Metal series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the He Was Not Prepared audiobook runs 9.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Kevin T. Collins (about 6.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 9.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
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| 30 min / day | 20 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
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What our data says
- At 9.9 hours, it runs longer than 60% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Birth of Heavy Metal
This is book 1. Books 1 to 8 run 75 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | He Was Not Prepared | 9.9 hrs |
| 2 | She is His Witness | 9.3 hrs |
| 3 | Backstabbing Little Assets | 8.9 hrs |
| 4 | Blood of My Enemies | 9.2 hrs |
| 5 | Get Out of Our Way | 9 hrs |
| 6 | It All Falls Down | 11 hrs |
| 7 | Justice Comes Due | 8.9 hrs |
| 8 | All's Fair in War | 8.7 hrs |
More narrated by Kevin T. Collins
Kevin T. Collins narrates 331 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,615 hours in all.
About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf
2,155 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
He Was Not Prepared is book 1 of Michael Todd's Birth of Heavy Metal series: a 9.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Kevin T. Collins, released June 10, 2020, on the Science Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Kevin T. Collins
- Released
- June 10, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Science Fiction
- Series
- Birth of Heavy Metal #1
- ISBN
- 9781705233542
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the He Was Not Prepared audiobook?
He Was Not Prepared runs 9.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.6 hours.
Is the He Was Not Prepared audiobook free?
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Who narrates He Was Not Prepared?
He Was Not Prepared is narrated by Kevin T. Collins.