Defender: Audiobook
Book 7 of the Darkblade series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Defender audiobook runs 20.1 hours unabridged, narrated by John Lee (about 13.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 20.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 41 days |
| 1 hour / day | 21 days |
| 2 hours / day | 11 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 14 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 20.1 hours, it runs longer than 95% of the 12,109 Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Darkblade
This is book 7. Books 1 to 6 run 186.4 hours before it; books 1 to 10 run 289.8 hours in all.
More narrated by John Lee
John Lee narrates 513 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 6,580 hours in all.
About as long, on the Fantasy shelf
447 Fantasy 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
Defender is book 7 of Andy Peloquin's Darkblade series: a 20.1-hour unabridged recording, read by John Lee, released June 3, 2025, on the Fantasy and Epic Fantasy shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 20.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- John Lee
- Released
- June 3, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Fantasy, Epic Fantasy
- Series
- Darkblade #7
- ISBN
- 9798855574807
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Defender audiobook?
Defender runs 20.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 13.4 hours.
Is the Defender audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Defender?
Defender is narrated by John Lee.
Is Defender worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 13.4 hours, saving 6.7 hours.