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New Contract by Michael Atamanov

New Contract: Audiobook

Book 3 of the Perimeter Defense series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the New Contract audiobook runs 13.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Neil Hellegers (about 9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

13.5listening hrs
Science Fictionstore shelf
2016released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 13.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish New Contract at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day27 days
1 hour / day14 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

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 83% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Perimeter Defense

This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 25.1 hours before it; books 1 to 4 run 51.5 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Sector Eight12.1 hrs
2Beyond Death13 hrs
3New Contract13.5 hrs
4A Game With No Rules12.9 hrs

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

New Contract is book 3 of Michael Atamanov's Perimeter Defense series: a 13.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Neil Hellegers, released November 15, 2016, on the Science Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
13.5 hrs
Narrated by
Neil Hellegers
Released
November 15, 2016
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Science Fiction
Series
Perimeter Defense #3
ISBN
9781515978091

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the New Contract audiobook?

New Contract runs 13.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9 hours.

Is the New Contract audiobook free?

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

Who narrates New Contract?

New Contract is narrated by Neil Hellegers.

Is New Contract worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9 hours, saving 4.5 hours.