The Raider: The Untold Story of a Renegade Marine and the Birth of U.S. Special Forces in World War II: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Raider: The Untold Story of a Renegade Marine and the Birth of U.S. Special Forces in World War II runs 16.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Mark Deakins (about 10.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 16.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 33 days |
| 1 hour / day | 17 days |
| 2 hours / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 11 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 16.3 hours, it runs longer than 86% of the 5,887 The Americas audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Mark Deakins
Mark Deakins narrates 211 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,380 hours in all.
About as long, on the The Americas shelf
523 The Americas audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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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 Raider: The Untold Story of a Renegade Marine and the Birth of U.S. Special Forces in World War II is an audiobook by Stephen R. Platt: a 16.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Mark Deakins, released May 13, 2025, on the The Americas and History & Culture shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 16.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Mark Deakins
- Released
- May 13, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- The Americas, History & Culture, Military (History)
- ISBN
- 9798217077960
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Raider: The Untold Story of a Renegade Marine and the Birth of U.S. Special Forces in World War II as an audiobook?
The Raider: The Untold Story of a Renegade Marine and the Birth of U.S. Special Forces in World War II runs 16.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.9 hours.
Is The Raider: The Untold Story of a Renegade Marine and the Birth of U.S. Special Forces in World War II free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates The Raider: The Untold Story of a Renegade Marine and the Birth of U.S. Special Forces in World War II?
The Raider: The Untold Story of a Renegade Marine and the Birth of U.S. Special Forces in World War II is narrated by Mark Deakins.
Is The Raider: The Untold Story of a Renegade Marine and the Birth of U.S. Special Forces in World War II worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.9 hours, saving 5.4 hours.