The Never War: Audiobook
Book 3 of the Pendragon series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Never War runs 9.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by William Dufris (about 6.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 20 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 9.8 hours, it runs longer than 90% of the 7,923 Mystery & Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Pendragon
This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 24.4 hours before it; books 1 to 10 run 138.1 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Merchant of Death | 12.2 hrs |
| 2 | The Lost City of Faar | 12.2 hrs |
| 3 | The Never War | 9.8 hrs |
| 4 | The Reality Bug | 11 hrs |
| 5 | Black Water | 12.2 hrs |
| 6 | The Rivers of Zadaa | 13.4 hrs |
| 7 | The Quillan Games | 15.9 hrs |
| 8 | The Pilgrims of Rayne | 16.5 hrs |
| 9 | Raven Rise | 16.8 hrs |
| 10 | The Soldiers of Halla | 18.1 hrs |
More narrated by William Dufris
William Dufris narrates 321 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,110 hours in all.
About as long, on the Mystery & Fantasy shelf
600 Mystery & 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 Never War is book 3 of D.J. MacHale's Pendragon series: a 9.8-hour unabridged recording, read by William Dufris, released May 20, 2005, on the Mystery & Fantasy shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- William Dufris
- Released
- May 20, 2005
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Mystery & Fantasy
- Series
- Pendragon #3
- ISBN
- 9781597372572
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Never War as an audiobook?
The Never War runs 9.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.5 hours.
Is The Never War free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Never War?
The Never War is narrated by William Dufris.