The Rook: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Bowers Files series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Rook runs 14.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Richard Ferrone (about 9.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 14.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 30 days |
| 1 hour / day | 15 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 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 14.8 hours, it runs longer than 96% of the 6,732 Psychological audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Bowers Files
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 13.3 hours before it; books 1 to 8 run 114.4 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Pawn | 13.3 hrs |
| 2 | The Rook | 14.8 hrs |
| 3 | The Knight | 14.6 hrs |
| 4 | The Bishop | 15.9 hrs |
| 5 | The Queen | 16 hrs |
| 6 | The King | 12.9 hrs |
| 7 | Checkmate | 14.7 hrs |
| 8 | Opening Moves | 12.3 hrs |
More narrated by Richard Ferrone
Richard Ferrone narrates 273 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,217 hours in all.
- Rules of Prey
- A Voice in the Wind
- An Echo in the Darkness
- New York Dead
- Silent Prey
About as long, on the Psychological shelf
316 Psychological 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 Rook is book 2 of Steven James's Bowers Files series: a 14.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Richard Ferrone, released February 27, 2009, on the Psychological shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 14.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Richard Ferrone
- Released
- February 27, 2009
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Psychological
- Series
- Bowers Files #2
- ISBN
- 9781440709142
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Rook as an audiobook?
The Rook runs 14.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.9 hours.
Is The Rook free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Rook?
The Rook is narrated by Richard Ferrone.
Is The Rook worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.9 hours, saving 4.9 hours.