The Fifth Ward: Friendly Fire: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Fifth Ward series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Fifth Ward: Friendly Fire runs 12.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Simon Vance (about 8.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 25 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 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 12.5 hours, it runs longer than 77% of the 12,109 Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Fifth Ward
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 11 hours before it; 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.
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About as long, on the Fantasy shelf
1,602 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: Friendly Fire is book 2 of Dale Lucas's Fifth Ward series: a 12.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Simon Vance, released August 7, 2018, on the Fantasy and Epic Fantasy shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Simon Vance
- Released
- August 7, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Fantasy, Epic Fantasy
- Series
- The Fifth Ward #2
- ISBN
- 9781549115080
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Fifth Ward: Friendly Fire as an audiobook?
The Fifth Ward: Friendly Fire runs 12.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.3 hours.
Is The Fifth Ward: Friendly Fire free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Fifth Ward: Friendly Fire?
The Fifth Ward: Friendly Fire is narrated by Simon Vance.
Is The Fifth Ward: Friendly Fire worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.3 hours, saving 4.2 hours.