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The Sterling Directive by Tim Standish

The Sterling Directive: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Sterling Directive runs 9.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Gordon Griffin (about 6.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9.5listening hrs
Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy)store shelf
2020released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 9.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Sterling Directive at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day19 days
1 hour / day10 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×7 days

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What our data says

  • At 9.5 hours, it is shorter than 65% of the 2,729 Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy) audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy) shelf

401 Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy) 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 Sterling Directive is an audiobook by Tim Standish: a 9.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Gordon Griffin, released September 24, 2020, on the Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
9.5 hrs
Narrated by
Gordon Griffin
Released
September 24, 2020
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
ISBN
9781004016785

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Sterling Directive as an audiobook?

The Sterling Directive runs 9.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.3 hours.

Is The Sterling Directive free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Sterling Directive?

The Sterling Directive is narrated by Gordon Griffin.