System Harbinger: Audiobook
Book 5 of the Legacy Earth series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the System Harbinger audiobook runs 12.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Todd Mclaren (about 8.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.3 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 12.3 hours, it runs longer than 77% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Legacy Earth
This is book 5. Books 1 to 4 run 47.5 hours before it; books 1 to 8 run 94.6 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Legacy Earth | 12 hrs |
| 2 | First Contact | 11.8 hrs |
| 3 | Deterrence Expedition | 11.8 hrs |
| 4 | AI Wars | 11.9 hrs |
| 5 | System Harbinger | 12.3 hrs |
| 6 | Overrun | 12.4 hrs |
| 7 | Hunter Killer | 11.1 hrs |
| 8 | P.O.W. | 11.2 hrs |
More narrated by Todd Mclaren
Todd Mclaren narrates 118 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,247 hours in all.
About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf
1,822 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
System Harbinger is book 5 of Ross Buzzell's Legacy Earth series: a 12.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Todd Mclaren, released August 8, 2023, on the Science Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Todd Mclaren
- Released
- August 8, 2023
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Science Fiction
- Series
- Legacy Earth #5
- ISBN
- 9781666182064
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the System Harbinger audiobook?
System Harbinger runs 12.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.2 hours.
Is the System Harbinger audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates System Harbinger?
System Harbinger is narrated by Todd Mclaren.
Is System Harbinger worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.2 hours, saving 4.1 hours.