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Defender by Tom Larcombe

Defender: Audiobook

Book 4 of the Light Online series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Defender audiobook runs 10.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Derek Shoales (about 6.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10.2listening hrs
Science Fictionstore shelf
2020released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 10.2 hours of listening.

Days to finish Defender at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day21 days
1 hour / day11 days
2 hours / day6 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 10.2 hours, it runs longer than 62% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Light Online

This is book 4. Books 1 to 3 run 30.9 hours before it; books 1 to 5 run 51.3 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Farmer10.4 hrs
2Keeper10.5 hrs
3Leader10 hrs
4Defender10.2 hrs
5Ruler10.2 hrs

About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf

2,155 Science 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 4 of Tom Larcombe's Light Online series: a 10.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Derek Shoales, released November 24, 2020, on the Science Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
10.2 hrs
Narrated by
Derek Shoales
Released
November 24, 2020
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Science Fiction
Series
Light Online #4
ISBN
9781705277720

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Defender audiobook?

Defender runs 10.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.8 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 Derek Shoales.

Is Defender worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.8 hours, saving 3.4 hours.