The Swarm: The Second Formic War (Volume 1): Audiobook
Book 1 of the Second Formic War series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Swarm: The Second Formic War (Volume 1) runs 18 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Susan Hanfield and Vikas Adam and others (about 12 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 18 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 36 days |
| 1 hour / day | 18 days |
| 2 hours / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 12 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 18 hours, it runs longer than 93% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Second Formic War
This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 33.3 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Swarm: The Second Formic War (Volume 1) | 18 hrs |
| 2 | The Hive: Book 2 of The Second Formic War | 15.3 hrs |
More narrated by Susan Hanfield
Susan Hanfield narrates 203 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,845 hours in all.
About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf
640 Science Fiction 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 Swarm: The Second Formic War (Volume 1) is book 1 of Aaron Johnston's Second Formic War series: a 18-hour unabridged recording, read by Susan Hanfield, Vikas Adam and Emily Rankin and others, released August 2, 2016, on the Science Fiction and Space Opera shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 18 hrs
- Narrated by
- Susan Hanfield, Vikas Adam, Emily Rankin, Paul Boehmer, Stefan Rudnicki, Orson Scott Card
- Released
- August 2, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Science Fiction, Space Opera
- Series
- The Second Formic War #1
- ISBN
- 9781427273703
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Swarm: The Second Formic War (Volume 1) as an audiobook?
The Swarm: The Second Formic War (Volume 1) runs 18 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 12 hours.
Is The Swarm: The Second Formic War (Volume 1) free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Swarm: The Second Formic War (Volume 1)?
The Swarm: The Second Formic War (Volume 1) is narrated by Susan Hanfield, Vikas Adam, Emily Rankin and Paul Boehmer and others.
Is The Swarm: The Second Formic War (Volume 1) worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 12 hours, saving 6 hours.