The Chief: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Highland Guard series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Chief runs 15.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Robert McNab (about 10.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 15.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 31 days |
| 1 hour / day | 16 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 11 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 15.4 hours, it runs longer than 95% of the 9,636 Historical (Romance) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Highland Guard
This is book 1. Books 1 to 12 run 157 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Chief | 15.4 hrs |
| 2 | The Hawk | 14.3 hrs |
| 3 | The Ranger | 14 hrs |
| 4 | The Viper: A Highland Guard Novel | 12.2 hrs |
| 5 | The Saint: A Highland Guard Novel | 12.8 hrs |
| 6 | The Recruit: A Highland Guard Novel | 12.3 hrs |
| 7 | The Hunter: A Highland Guard Novel | 12.1 hrs |
| 8 | The Raider: A Highland Guard Novel | 13 hrs |
| 9 | The Arrow: A Highland Guard Novel | 12.6 hrs |
| 10 | The Striker | 13 hrs |
| 11 | The Rock | 13 hrs |
| 12 | The Ghost | 12.4 hrs |
About as long, on the Historical (Romance) shelf
436 Historical (Romance) 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 Chief is book 1 of Monica McCarty's Highland Guard series: a 15.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Robert McNab, released July 1, 2011, on the Historical (Romance) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 15.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Robert McNab
- Released
- July 1, 2011
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Romance)
- Series
- Highland Guard #1
- ISBN
- 9781461804536
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Chief as an audiobook?
The Chief runs 15.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.3 hours.
Is The Chief free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Chief?
The Chief is narrated by Robert McNab.
Is The Chief worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.3 hours, saving 5.1 hours.