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Thunderbird by Jack McDevitt

Thunderbird: Audiobook

Book 2 of the Ancient Shores series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Thunderbird audiobook runs 11.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Kevin R. Free (about 7.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

11.9listening hrs
Science Fictionstore shelf
2015released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 11.9 hours of listening.

Days to finish Thunderbird at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day24 days
1 hour / day12 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 11.9 hours, it runs longer than 75% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf

1,921 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

Thunderbird is book 2 of Jack McDevitt's Ancient Shores series: a 11.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Kevin R. Free, released December 1, 2015, on the Science Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
11.9 hrs
Narrated by
Kevin R. Free
Released
December 1, 2015
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Science Fiction
Series
Ancient Shores #2
ISBN
9781490693958

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Thunderbird audiobook?

Thunderbird runs 11.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.9 hours.

Is the Thunderbird audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Thunderbird?

Thunderbird is narrated by Kevin R. Free.

Is Thunderbird worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.9 hours, saving 4 hours.