The Main Enemy: The Inside Story of the CIA's Final Showdown with the KGB: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Main Enemy: The Inside Story of the CIA's Final Showdown with the KGB runs 20 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Christopher Lane (about 13.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 20 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 40 days |
| 1 hour / day | 20 days |
| 2 hours / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 14 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 20 hours, it runs longer than 99% of the 2,718 True Crime audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Christopher Lane
Christopher Lane narrates 266 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,814 hours in all.
About as long, on the True Crime shelf
40 True Crime audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
- Dead by Sunset
- The Franklin Scandal: A Story of Powerbrokers, Child Abuse & Betrayal
- Collateral Damage: The Mysterious Deaths of Marilyn Monroe and Dorothy Kilgallen, and the Ties that Bind Them to Robert Kennedy and the JFK Assassination
- Blood and Money
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 Main Enemy: The Inside Story of the CIA's Final Showdown with the KGB is an audiobook by Milton Bearden and James Risen: a 20-hour unabridged recording, read by Christopher Lane, released September 11, 2018, on the True Crime and History shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 20 hrs
- Narrated by
- Christopher Lane
- Released
- September 11, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- True Crime, History
- ISBN
- 9781543680058
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Main Enemy: The Inside Story of the CIA's Final Showdown with the KGB as an audiobook?
The Main Enemy: The Inside Story of the CIA's Final Showdown with the KGB runs 20 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 13.3 hours.
Is The Main Enemy: The Inside Story of the CIA's Final Showdown with the KGB free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Main Enemy: The Inside Story of the CIA's Final Showdown with the KGB?
The Main Enemy: The Inside Story of the CIA's Final Showdown with the KGB is narrated by Christopher Lane.
Is The Main Enemy: The Inside Story of the CIA's Final Showdown with the KGB worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 13.3 hours, saving 6.7 hours.