The Fifth Ward: First Watch: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Fifth Ward series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Fifth Ward: First Watch runs 11 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Simon Vance (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 68% of the 12,109 Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Fifth Ward
This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 23.5 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Fifth Ward: First Watch | 11 hrs |
| 2 | The Fifth Ward: Friendly Fire | 12.5 hrs |
More narrated by Simon Vance
Simon Vance narrates 793 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 8,393 hours in all.
- Dune: Book One in the Dune Chronicles
- Dune Messiah: Book Two in the Dune Chronicles
- Fire & Blood (HBO Tie-in Edition): 300 Years Before A Game of Thrones
- The House in the Woods
- The Girl in the Spider's Web: A Lisbeth Salander Novel
About as long, on the Fantasy shelf
1,983 Fantasy 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 Fifth Ward: First Watch is book 1 of Dale Lucas's Fifth Ward series: a 11-hour unabridged recording, read by Simon Vance, released July 11, 2017, on the Fantasy and Epic Fantasy shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11 hrs
- Narrated by
- Simon Vance
- Released
- July 11, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Fantasy, Epic Fantasy
- Series
- The Fifth Ward #1
- ISBN
- 9781478974758
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Fifth Ward: First Watch as an audiobook?
The Fifth Ward: First Watch runs 11 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.3 hours.
Is The Fifth Ward: First Watch free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Fifth Ward: First Watch?
The Fifth Ward: First Watch is narrated by Simon Vance.
Is The Fifth Ward: First Watch worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.3 hours, saving 3.7 hours.