Prey — Audiobook
The instrumentWhen will you finish it?
Based on 13.7 hours of listening (estimated).
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 28 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 days |
You'll finish in—by —
What our data says
- At 13.7 hours (estimated), it runs longer than 63% of the thriller audiobooks we measured.
- That's 6% longer than the average thriller audiobook (12.9 hrs across 259 titles in our dataset).
Computed from thriller audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset; listening time estimated from page count.
Who is this for?
Best for thriller listeners — a solid week of commutes at 13.7 hours (estimated).
About the book
In the Nevada desert, an experiment has gone horribly wrong. A cloud of nanoparticles -- micro-robots -- has escaped from the laboratory. This cloud is self-sustaining and self-reproducing. It is intelligent and learns from experience. For all practical purposes, it is alive. It has been programmed as a predator. It is evolving swiftly, becoming more deadly with each passing hour. Every attempt to destroy it has failed. And we are the prey. As fresh as today's headlines, Michael Crichton'smost compelling novel yet tells the story of a mechanical plague and the desperate efforts of a handful of scientists to stop it. Drawing on up-to-the-minute scientific fact, Prey takes us into the emerging realms of nanotechnology and artificial distributed intelligence -- in a story of breathtaking suspense. Prey is a novel you can't put down. Because time is running out.
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Start the free trialQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Prey audiobook?
Prey runs about 13.7 hours — our estimate from its 464 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.1 hours.
Can I listen to Prey free?
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Is Prey worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.1 hours — saving 4.6 hours. Most listeners adjust to 1.25–1.5× within a chapter or two.
When was Prey first published?
Prey by Michael Crichton was first published in 2002.