When Words Fail: Audiobook
Book 7 of the Sentenced to War series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the When Words Fail audiobook runs 10.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Jeffrey Kafer (about 6.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 21 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 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 10.3 hours, it runs longer than 63% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Sentenced to War
This is book 7. Books 1 to 6 run 62.2 hours before it; books 1 to 15 run 154.3 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sentenced to War | 9 hrs |
| 2 | Children of Angels | 9.8 hrs |
| 3 | Song of Redemption | 10.7 hrs |
| 4 | An Uneasy Alliance | 9.9 hrs |
| 5 | A Broken Alliance | 9.3 hrs |
| 6 | An Alliance Reforged | 13.5 hrs |
| 7 | When Words Fail | 10.3 hrs |
| 8 | What Lies Behind | 10.1 hrs |
| 9 | Gods of War | 10.5 hrs |
| 10 | United We Kill | 10 hrs |
| 11 | Marines Never Die | 9.9 hrs |
| 12 | Nexus of Chaos | 10.7 hrs |
More narrated by Jeffrey Kafer
Jeffrey Kafer narrates 348 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,896 hours in all.
About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf
2,141 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Dark Matter
- Star Wars: The Old Republic - Legends: Revan
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- The Troop
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
When Words Fail is book 7 of J. N. Chaney's Sentenced to War series: a 10.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Jeffrey Kafer, released February 6, 2024, on the Science Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Jeffrey Kafer
- Released
- February 6, 2024
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Science Fiction
- Series
- Sentenced to War #7
- ISBN
- 9798868631818
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the When Words Fail audiobook?
When Words Fail runs 10.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.9 hours.
Is the When Words Fail audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates When Words Fail?
When Words Fail is narrated by Jeffrey Kafer.
Is When Words Fail worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.9 hours, saving 3.4 hours.