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The Loch by Steve Alten

The Loch: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Loch series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Loch runs 15.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by P. J. Ochlan (about 10.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

15.3listening hrs
Horrorstore shelf
2016released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 15.3 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Loch at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day31 days
1 hour / day16 days
2 hours / day8 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×11 days

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

What our data says

  • At 15.3 hours, it runs longer than 94% of the 5,506 Horror audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on The Loch Series

This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 29.8 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1The Loch15.3 hrs
2Vostok14.5 hrs

About as long, on the Horror shelf

262 Horror 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 Loch is book 1 of Steve Alten's Loch series: a 15.3-hour unabridged recording, read by P. J. Ochlan, released December 13, 2016, on the Horror shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
15.3 hrs
Narrated by
P. J. Ochlan
Released
December 13, 2016
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Horror
Series
The Loch Series #1
ISBN
9781504772198

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Loch as an audiobook?

The Loch runs 15.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.2 hours.

Is The Loch free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Loch?

The Loch is narrated by P. J. Ochlan.

Is The Loch worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.2 hours, saving 5.1 hours.