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The First Order by Jeff Abbott

The First Order: Audiobook

Book 5 of the Sam Capra series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The First Order runs 14.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Kevin T. Collins (about 9.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

14.5listening hrs
Espionagestore shelf
2016released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 14.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish The First Order at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day29 days
1 hour / day15 days
2 hours / day8 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×10 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 14.5 hours, it runs longer than 89% of the 2,312 Espionage audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on The Sam Capra series

This is book 5. Books 1 to 4 run 61.5 hours before it; books 1 to 5 run 76 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Adrenaline14.5 hrs
2The Last Minute17 hrs
3Downfall16.5 hrs
4Inside Man13.5 hrs
5The First Order14.5 hrs

About as long, on the Espionage shelf

256 Espionage 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 First Order is book 5 of Jeff Abbott's Sam Capra series: a 14.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Kevin T. Collins, released January 5, 2016, on the Espionage shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
14.5 hrs
Narrated by
Kevin T. Collins
Released
January 5, 2016
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Espionage
Series
The Sam Capra series #5
ISBN
9781478902751

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The First Order as an audiobook?

The First Order runs 14.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.7 hours.

Is The First Order free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates The First Order?

The First Order is narrated by Kevin T. Collins.

Is The First Order worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.7 hours, saving 4.8 hours.