
Saber Down: Audiobook
Book 1 of the David Shaw series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Saber Down audiobook runs 11.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Shawn Compton (about 8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 24 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 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 11.9 hours, it runs longer than 74% of the 2,576 Legal & Political audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on David Shaw
This is book 1. Books 1 to 5 run 56.1 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saber Down | 11.9 hrs |
| 2 | The Defection Protocol | 10.7 hrs |
| 3 | Invictus | 10.3 hrs |
| 4 | Unlawful Combatant | 11.1 hrs |
| 5 | Hostile Extraction | 12 hrs |
More narrated by Shawn Compton
Shawn Compton narrates 160 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,476 hours in all.
- The Bondage Breaker: Overcoming Negative Thoughts, Irrational Feelings, Habitual Sins
- He's Not Lazy: Empowering Your Son to Believe In Himself
- Lost!: A Harrowing True Story of Disaster at Sea
- The Rifle: Combat Stories from America's Last WWII Veterans, Told Through an M1 Garand
- Flying the SR-71 Blackbird: In the Cockpit on a Secret Operational Mission
About as long, on the Legal & Political shelf
581 Legal & Political audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Judge's List
- The Terminal List
- The Guardians
- The President Is Missing
- The Broker
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
Saber Down is book 1 of Harrison Kone's David Shaw series: a 11.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Shawn Compton, released February 2, 2026, on the Legal & Political shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Shawn Compton
- Released
- February 2, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Legal & Political
- Series
- David Shaw #1
- ISBN
- 9798318546006
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Saber Down audiobook?
Saber Down runs 11.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8 hours.
Is the Saber Down audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Saber Down?
Saber Down is narrated by Shawn Compton.
Is Saber Down worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8 hours, saving 4 hours.