The Recruit: A Highland Guard Novel: Audiobook
Book 6 of the Highland Guard series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Recruit: A Highland Guard Novel runs 12.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Antony Ferguson (about 8.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 25 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 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 12.3 hours, it runs longer than 85% of the 9,636 Historical (Romance) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Highland Guard
This is book 6. Books 1 to 5 run 68.6 hours before it; books 1 to 12 run 157 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Chief | 15.4 hrs |
| 2 | The Hawk | 14.3 hrs |
| 3 | The Ranger | 14 hrs |
| 4 | The Viper: A Highland Guard Novel | 12.2 hrs |
| 5 | The Saint: A Highland Guard Novel | 12.8 hrs |
| 6 | The Recruit: A Highland Guard Novel | 12.3 hrs |
| 7 | The Hunter: A Highland Guard Novel | 12.1 hrs |
| 8 | The Raider: A Highland Guard Novel | 13 hrs |
| 9 | The Arrow: A Highland Guard Novel | 12.6 hrs |
| 10 | The Striker | 13 hrs |
| 11 | The Rock | 13 hrs |
| 12 | The Ghost | 12.4 hrs |
More narrated by Antony Ferguson
Antony Ferguson narrates 314 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,884 hours in all.
About as long, on the Historical (Romance) shelf
1,644 Historical (Romance) 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 Recruit: A Highland Guard Novel is book 6 of Monica McCarty's Highland Guard series: a 12.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Antony Ferguson, released December 30, 2013, on the Historical (Romance) and Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Antony Ferguson
- Released
- December 30, 2013
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Romance), Fiction
- Series
- Highland Guard #6
- ISBN
- 9781452687476
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Recruit: A Highland Guard Novel as an audiobook?
The Recruit: A Highland Guard Novel runs 12.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.2 hours.
Is The Recruit: A Highland Guard Novel free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Recruit: A Highland Guard Novel?
The Recruit: A Highland Guard Novel is narrated by Antony Ferguson.
Is The Recruit: A Highland Guard Novel worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.2 hours, saving 4.1 hours.