Defend the Dawn: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Defy the Night series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Defend the Dawn audiobook runs 13.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Lexie McDougall and Chase Brown and others (about 8.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 13.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 27 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 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 13.2 hours, it runs longer than 95% of the 4,472 Tough Topics audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Defy the Night
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 13 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 43.9 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Defy the Night | 13 hrs |
| 2 | Defend the Dawn | 13.2 hrs |
| 3 | Destroy the Day | 17.8 hrs |
More narrated by Lexie McDougall
Lexie McDougall narrates 5 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 58 hours in all.
About as long, on the Tough Topics shelf
299 Tough Topics 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
Defend the Dawn is book 2 of Brigid Kemmerer's Defy the Night series: a 13.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Lexie McDougall, Chase Brown and Christopher Ragland, released September 20, 2022, on the Tough Topics shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Lexie McDougall, Chase Brown, Christopher Ragland
- Released
- September 20, 2022
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Tough Topics
- Series
- Defy the Night #2
- ISBN
- 9781526653109
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Defend the Dawn audiobook?
Defend the Dawn runs 13.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.8 hours.
Is the Defend the Dawn audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Defend the Dawn?
Defend the Dawn is narrated by Lexie McDougall, Chase Brown and Christopher Ragland.
Is Defend the Dawn worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.8 hours, saving 4.4 hours.