The Operative: Audiobook
Book 2 of the San Angeles series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Operative runs 10.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Jim Colby and Ali Ahn (about 7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 21 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 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 10.5 hours, it runs longer than 65% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on San Angeles
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 8.9 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 30.3 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Courier | 8.9 hrs |
| 2 | The Operative | 10.5 hrs |
| 3 | The Rebel | 10.9 hrs |
More narrated by Jim Colby
Jim Colby narrates 10 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 92 hours in all.
About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf
2,134 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Dark Matter
- Star Wars: The Old Republic - Legends: Revan
- Star Wars Legends: Darth Bane Trilogy: Rule of Two
- The Troop
- Star Wars: The Old Republic - Legends: Deceived
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 Operative is book 2 of Gerald Brandt's San Angeles series: a 10.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Jim Colby and Ali Ahn, released November 1, 2016, on the Science Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Jim Colby, Ali Ahn
- Released
- November 1, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Science Fiction
- Series
- San Angeles #2
- ISBN
- 9781501938474
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Operative as an audiobook?
The Operative runs 10.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7 hours.
Is The Operative free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Operative?
The Operative is narrated by Jim Colby and Ali Ahn.
Is The Operative worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7 hours, saving 3.5 hours.