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Defiant by Dave Bara

Defiant: Audiobook

Book 3 of the Lightship Chronicles series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Defiant audiobook runs 9.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Julian Elfer (about 6.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9.5listening hrs
Space Operastore shelf
2017released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 9.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish Defiant 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 9.5 hours, it is shorter than 53% of the 2,721 Space Opera audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Lightship Chronicles

This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 20 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 29.5 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Impulse10 hrs
2Starbound10 hrs
3Defiant9.5 hrs

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

Defiant is book 3 of Dave Bara's Lightship Chronicles series: a 9.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Julian Elfer, released January 3, 2017, on the Space Opera shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
9.5 hrs
Narrated by
Julian Elfer
Released
January 3, 2017
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Space Opera
Series
Lightship Chronicles #3
ISBN
9781501940798

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Defiant audiobook?

Defiant runs 9.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.3 hours.

Is the Defiant audiobook free?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates Defiant?

Defiant is narrated by Julian Elfer.