The Directive: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Mike Ford series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Directive runs 9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Jay Snyder (about 6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 18 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 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 9 hours, it runs longer than 52% of the 6,730 Action & Adventure (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Mike Ford
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 9.5 hours before it; books 1 to 2 run 18.5 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The 500 | 9.5 hrs |
| 2 | The Directive | 9 hrs |
More narrated by Jay Snyder
Jay Snyder narrates 78 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 747 hours in all.
About as long, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) shelf
1,098 Action & Adventure (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 Directive is book 2 of Matthew Quirk's Mike Ford series: a 9-hour unabridged recording, read by Jay Snyder, released May 27, 2014, on the Legal & Political and Action & Adventure (Fiction) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Jay Snyder
- Released
- May 27, 2014
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Legal & Political, Action & Adventure (Fiction)
- Series
- Mike Ford #2
- ISBN
- 9781611137026
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Directive as an audiobook?
The Directive runs 9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6 hours.
Is The Directive free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Directive?
The Directive is narrated by Jay Snyder.