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Once Dead by Richard Phillips

Once Dead: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Rho Agenda Inception series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Once Dead audiobook runs 11.1 hours unabridged, narrated by MacLeod Andrews (about 7.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

11.1listening hrs
Science Fictionstore shelf
2014released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 11.1 hours of listening.

Days to finish Once Dead at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day23 days
1 hour / day12 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 11.1 hours, it runs longer than 69% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on The Rho Agenda Inception

This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 29.9 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Once Dead11.1 hrs
2Dead Wrong9.3 hrs
3Dead Shift9.6 hrs

About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf

2,127 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

Once Dead is book 1 of Richard Phillips's Rho Agenda Inception series: a 11.1-hour unabridged recording, read by MacLeod Andrews, released August 19, 2014, on the Espionage and Science Fiction shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
11.1 hrs
Narrated by
MacLeod Andrews
Released
August 19, 2014
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Espionage, Science Fiction
Series
The Rho Agenda Inception #1
ISBN
9781491525401

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Once Dead audiobook?

Once Dead runs 11.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.4 hours.

Is the Once Dead audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Once Dead?

Once Dead is narrated by MacLeod Andrews.

Is Once Dead worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.4 hours, saving 3.7 hours.