Metal Swarm: Audiobook
Book 6 of the Saga of Seven Suns series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Metal Swarm audiobook runs 19.4 hours unabridged, narrated by David Colacci (about 12.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 19.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 39 days |
| 1 hour / day | 20 days |
| 2 hours / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 13 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 19.4 hours, it runs longer than 95% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Saga of Seven Suns
This is book 6. Books 1 to 5 run 99.1 hours before it; books 1 to 7 run 138.2 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hidden Empire | 20.2 hrs |
| 2 | A Forest of Stars | 20.7 hrs |
| 3 | Horizon Storms | 18.8 hrs |
| 4 | Scattered Suns | 20.8 hrs |
| 5 | Of Fire and Night: The Saga of Seven Suns, Book 5 | 18.5 hrs |
| 6 | Metal Swarm | 19.4 hrs |
| 7 | The Ashes of Worlds | 19.8 hrs |
More narrated by David Colacci
David Colacci narrates 378 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,605 hours in all.
About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf
491 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
Metal Swarm is book 6 of Kevin J. Anderson's Saga of Seven Suns series: a 19.4-hour unabridged recording, read by David Colacci, released December 10, 2007, on the Science Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 19.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- David Colacci
- Released
- December 10, 2007
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Science Fiction
- Series
- Saga of Seven Suns #6
- ISBN
- 9781597372336
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Metal Swarm audiobook?
Metal Swarm runs 19.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 12.9 hours.
Is the Metal Swarm audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Metal Swarm?
Metal Swarm is narrated by David Colacci.
Is Metal Swarm worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 12.9 hours, saving 6.5 hours.