Swiftsure Ascendant: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Mercenary Navy series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Swiftsure Ascendant audiobook runs 10.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Joel Richards (about 7.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 22 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 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 10.8 hours, it runs longer than 67% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Mercenary Navy
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 10.5 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 32.2 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rawlins' Redemption | 10.5 hrs |
| 2 | Swiftsure Ascendant | 10.8 hrs |
| 3 | Tenuous Defense | 11 hrs |
More narrated by Joel Richards
Joel Richards narrates 222 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,242 hours in all.
About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf
2,148 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Dark Matter
- Star Wars: The Old Republic - Legends: Revan
- Star Wars Legends: Darth Bane Trilogy: Rule of Two
- The Troop
- 1986 - Book 1: Hunted in Time
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
Swiftsure Ascendant is book 2 of John J. Spearman's Mercenary Navy series: a 10.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Joel Richards, released March 18, 2025, on the Science Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Joel Richards
- Released
- March 18, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Science Fiction
- Series
- Mercenary Navy #2
- ISBN
- 9798331917500
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Swiftsure Ascendant audiobook?
Swiftsure Ascendant runs 10.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.2 hours.
Is the Swiftsure Ascendant audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Swiftsure Ascendant?
Swiftsure Ascendant is narrated by Joel Richards.
Is Swiftsure Ascendant worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.2 hours, saving 3.6 hours.