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Voice of the Whirlwind by Walter Jon Williams

Voice of the Whirlwind: Audiobook

Book 2 of the Hardwired series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Voice of the Whirlwind audiobook runs 11.1 hours unabridged, narrated by Don Leslie (about 7.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

11.1listening hrs
Science Fictionstore shelf
2008released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 11.1 hours of listening.

Days to finish Voice of the Whirlwind at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day23 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 11.1 hours, it runs longer than 69% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on The Hardwired Series

This is book 2. Book 1 runs 12.5 hours before it; books 1 to 2 run 23.5 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Hardwired12.5 hrs
2Voice of the Whirlwind11.1 hrs

About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf

2,134 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

Voice of the Whirlwind is book 2 of Walter Jon Williams's Hardwired series: a 11.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Don Leslie, released June 27, 2008, on the Science Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
11.1 hrs
Narrated by
Don Leslie
Released
June 27, 2008
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Science Fiction
Series
The Hardwired Series #2
ISBN
9781483051598

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Voice of the Whirlwind audiobook?

Voice of the Whirlwind runs 11.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.4 hours.

Is the Voice of the Whirlwind audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Voice of the Whirlwind?

Voice of the Whirlwind is narrated by Don Leslie.

Is Voice of the Whirlwind worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.4 hours, saving 3.7 hours.