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The Buccaneer Coast by James L. Nelson

The Buccaneer Coast: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Blood, Steel, and Empire series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Buccaneer Coast runs 16.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Jason Keller (about 11.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

16.8listening hrs
Historical (Fiction)store shelf
2022released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 16.8 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Buccaneer Coast at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day34 days
1 hour / day17 days
2 hours / day9 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×12 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 16.8 hours, it runs longer than 91% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Blood, Steel, and Empire

This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 31.1 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1The Buccaneer Coast16.8 hrs
2The Tortuga Plantation14.4 hrs

About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf

936 Historical (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

The Buccaneer Coast is book 1 of James L. Nelson's Blood, Steel, and Empire series: a 16.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Jason Keller, released June 7, 2022, on the Historical (Fiction) and Mystery, Thriller & Horror shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
16.8 hrs
Narrated by
Jason Keller
Released
June 7, 2022
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Fiction), Mystery, Thriller & Horror
Series
Blood, Steel, and Empire #1
ISBN
9781666197525

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Buccaneer Coast as an audiobook?

The Buccaneer Coast runs 16.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.2 hours.

Is The Buccaneer Coast free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates The Buccaneer Coast?

The Buccaneer Coast is narrated by Jason Keller.

Is The Buccaneer Coast worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.2 hours, saving 5.6 hours.