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The Pawn by Steven James

The Pawn: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Bowers Files series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Pawn runs 13.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Richard Ferrone (about 8.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

13.3listening hrs
Psychologicalstore shelf
2008released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 13.3 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Pawn at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day27 days
1 hour / day14 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

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

What our data says

  • At 13.3 hours, it runs longer than 93% of the 6,732 Psychological audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Bowers Files

This is book 1. Books 1 to 8 run 114.4 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1The Pawn13.3 hrs
2The Rook14.8 hrs
3The Knight14.6 hrs
4The Bishop15.9 hrs
5The Queen16 hrs
6The King12.9 hrs
7Checkmate14.7 hrs
8Opening Moves12.3 hrs

More narrated by Richard Ferrone

Richard Ferrone narrates 273 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,217 hours in all.

All Richard Ferrone audiobooks, measured

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 Pawn is book 1 of Steven James's Bowers Files series: a 13.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Richard Ferrone, released December 5, 2008, on the Psychological shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
13.3 hrs
Narrated by
Richard Ferrone
Released
December 5, 2008
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Psychological
Series
Bowers Files #1
ISBN
9781436185486

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Pawn as an audiobook?

The Pawn runs 13.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.9 hours.

Is The Pawn free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Pawn?

The Pawn is narrated by Richard Ferrone.

Is The Pawn worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.9 hours, saving 4.4 hours.