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One Word Kill by Mark Lawrence

One Word Kill: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Impossible Times series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the One Word Kill audiobook runs 6.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Matthew Frow (about 4.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

6.8listening hrs
Science Fictionstore shelf
2019released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 6.8 hours of listening.

Days to finish One Word Kill at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day14 days
1 hour / day7 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×5 days

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What our data says

  • At 6.8 hours, it is shorter than 66% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Impossible Times

This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 22.2 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1One Word Kill6.8 hrs
2Limited Wish7.8 hrs
3Dispel Illusion7.6 hrs

About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf

1,235 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

One Word Kill is book 1 of Mark Lawrence's Impossible Times series: a 6.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Matthew Frow, released May 1, 2019, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) and Science Fiction shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
6.8 hrs
Narrated by
Matthew Frow
Released
May 1, 2019
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Action & Adventure (Fiction), Science Fiction
Series
Impossible Times #1
ISBN
9781978637306

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the One Word Kill audiobook?

One Word Kill runs 6.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.5 hours.

Is the One Word Kill audiobook free?

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

Who narrates One Word Kill?

One Word Kill is narrated by Matthew Frow.