The Hostage: Audiobook
Book 6 of the Extractor series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Hostage runs 4.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Edoardo Ballerini (about 3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 4.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day | 5 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 3 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 4.5 hours, it is shorter than 95% of the 2,312 Espionage audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Extractor Series
This is book 6. Books 1 to 5 run 22.2 hours before it; books 1 to 13 run 59.1 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Extractor | 4.5 hrs |
| 2 | Past Dead | 4.5 hrs |
| 3 | Pressure Point | 4.4 hrs |
| 4 | Deep Cover | 4.5 hrs |
| 5 | Ripple Effect | 4.3 hrs |
| 6 | The Hostage | 4.5 hrs |
| 7 | Collateral Damage | 4.4 hrs |
| 8 | The Con Man | 4.7 hrs |
| 9 | Collision Course | 4.5 hrs |
| 10 | Fatal Connection | 4.7 hrs |
| 11 | The Impersonator | 4.7 hrs |
| 12 | Critical Condition | 4.7 hrs |
More narrated by Edoardo Ballerini
Edoardo Ballerini narrates 448 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,500 hours in all.
About as long, on the Espionage shelf
60 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 Hostage is book 6 of Mike Ryan's Extractor series: a 4.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Edoardo Ballerini, released January 1, 2023, on the Espionage shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 4.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Edoardo Ballerini
- Released
- January 1, 2023
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Espionage
- Series
- The Extractor Series #6
- ISBN
- 9798368986012
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Hostage as an audiobook?
The Hostage runs 4.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3 hours.
Is The Hostage free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Hostage?
The Hostage is narrated by Edoardo Ballerini.