Recon: A War to the Knife: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Recon series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Recon: A War to the Knife audiobook runs 12.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Kyle McCarley (about 8.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 25 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 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 12.2 hours, it runs longer than 76% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Recon
This is book 1. Books 1 to 4 run 40.7 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Recon: A War to the Knife | 12.2 hrs |
| 2 | Recon: A Wolf in the Fold | 8.9 hrs |
| 3 | Recon: A Battle for the Gods | 9.7 hrs |
| 4 | Recon: A Fight to the Death | 9.9 hrs |
More narrated by Kyle McCarley
Kyle McCarley narrates 51 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 773 hours in all.
About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf
1,855 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Star Wars Legends: Darth Bane Trilogy: Path of Destruction
- Star Wars: Thrawn: Alliances
- Star Wars: The Old Republic - Legends: Revan
- Star Wars: Thrawn: Treason
- Armada
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
Recon: A War to the Knife is book 1 of Rick Partlow's Recon series: a 12.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Kyle McCarley, released August 22, 2017, on the Science Fiction and Space Opera shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Kyle McCarley
- Released
- August 22, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Science Fiction, Space Opera
- Series
- Recon #1
- ISBN
- 9781541482135
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Recon: A War to the Knife audiobook?
Recon: A War to the Knife runs 12.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.1 hours.
Is the Recon: A War to the Knife audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Recon: A War to the Knife?
Recon: A War to the Knife is narrated by Kyle McCarley.
Is Recon: A War to the Knife worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.1 hours, saving 4.1 hours.