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Defender by Chris Allen

Defender: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Intrepid series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Defender audiobook runs 9.1 hours unabridged, narrated by Tom Alexander (about 6.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9.1listening hrs
Action & Adventure (Fiction)store shelf
2026released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 9.1 hours of listening.

Days to finish Defender at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day19 days
1 hour / day10 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×7 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 9.1 hours, it runs longer than 53% of the 6,730 Action & Adventure (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Intrepid

This is book 1. Books 1 to 4 run 37.4 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Defender9.1 hrs
2Hunter10.7 hrs
3Avenger10.2 hrs
4Helldiver7.3 hrs

About as long, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) shelf

1,147 Action & Adventure (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

Defender is book 1 of Chris Allen's Intrepid series: a 9.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Tom Alexander, released June 14, 2026, on the Espionage and Action & Adventure (Fiction) shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
9.1 hrs
Narrated by
Tom Alexander
Released
June 14, 2026
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Espionage, Action & Adventure (Fiction)
Series
Intrepid #1
ISBN
9781004247035

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Defender audiobook?

Defender runs 9.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.1 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 Tom Alexander.