The Desert Contract: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Desert Contract runs 11 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by David Drummond (about 7.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11 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 11 hours, it runs longer than 75% of the 13,042 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by David Drummond
David Drummond narrates 142 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,696 hours in all.
- Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History
- The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World
- To the Limit: An Air Cav Huey Pilot in Vietnam
- Warstrider
- The Sweet Life in Paris: Delicious Adventures in the World's Most Glorious---and Perplexing---City
About as long, on the Suspense shelf
2,785 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Wife Between Us
- Local Woman Missing
- The Judge's List
- That Affair Next Door
- The Girl Before
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 Desert Contract is an audiobook by John Lathrop: a 11-hour unabridged recording, read by David Drummond, released October 6, 2008, on the Suspense and Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11 hrs
- Narrated by
- David Drummond
- Released
- October 6, 2008
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Suspense, Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781400177561
How to listen to The Desert Contract free
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Desert Contract as an audiobook?
The Desert Contract runs 11 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.3 hours.
Is The Desert Contract free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Desert Contract?
The Desert Contract is narrated by David Drummond.
Is The Desert Contract worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.3 hours, saving 3.7 hours.