The Adversary: Audiobook
Book 1 of the A Chris Bruen Novel series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Adversary runs 10 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Benjamin L. Darcie (about 6.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 20 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 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 hours, it runs longer than 51% of the 2,576 Legal & Political audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on A Chris Bruen Novel
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 26.3 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Adversary | 10 hrs |
| 2 | Intrusion | 8.4 hrs |
| 3 | Surveillance | 7.9 hrs |
More narrated by Benjamin L. Darcie
Benjamin L. Darcie narrates 27 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 272 hours in all.
About as long, on the Legal & Political shelf
674 Legal & Political 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
The Adversary is book 1 of Reece Hirsch's A Chris Bruen Novel series: a 10-hour unabridged recording, read by Benjamin L. Darcie, released December 10, 2013, on the Espionage and Legal & Political shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10 hrs
- Narrated by
- Benjamin L. Darcie
- Released
- December 10, 2013
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Espionage, Legal & Political
- Series
- A Chris Bruen Novel #1
- ISBN
- 9781480572652
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Adversary as an audiobook?
The Adversary runs 10 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.7 hours.
Is The Adversary free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Adversary?
The Adversary is narrated by Benjamin L. Darcie.
Is The Adversary worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.7 hours, saving 3.3 hours.