A Defender Rises: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Magic City Chronicles series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Defender Rises runs 5.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Andrea Emmes (about 3.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 5.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 12 days |
| 1 hour / day | 6 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 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 5.8 hours, it is shorter than 75% of the 12,109 Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Magic City Chronicles
This is book 1. Books 1 to 8 run 44.2 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Defender Rises | 5.8 hrs |
| 2 | A Magical Alliance | 5.5 hrs |
| 3 | A Flush of Diamonds | 5.7 hrs |
| 4 | Showdown in Magic City | 5.7 hrs |
| 5 | A Hunt in Magic City | 5.4 hrs |
| 6 | Law and Disorder | 5.5 hrs |
| 7 | Darkness Ascends in Magic City | 5.2 hrs |
| 8 | All or Nothing in Magic City | 5.4 hrs |
More narrated by Andrea Emmes
Andrea Emmes narrates 191 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,453 hours in all.
About as long, on the Fantasy shelf
1,059 Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Princess and the Goblin
- The Ocean at the End of the Lane
- The Vampire Knitting Club
- A Gift of Dragons
- Edgedancer
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
A Defender Rises is book 1 of TR Cameron's Magic City Chronicles series: a 5.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Andrea Emmes, released August 30, 2022, on the Fantasy and Paranormal shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 5.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Andrea Emmes
- Released
- August 30, 2022
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Fantasy, Paranormal
- Series
- Magic City Chronicles #1
- ISBN
- 9781666184846
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Defender Rises as an audiobook?
A Defender Rises runs 5.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.9 hours.
Is A Defender Rises free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Defender Rises?
A Defender Rises is narrated by Andrea Emmes.