Guardians: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Caretaker series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Guardians audiobook runs 14.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Patrick Lawlor (about 9.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 14.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 29 days |
| 1 hour / day | 15 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 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 14.4 hours, it runs longer than 83% of the 2,721 Space Opera audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Caretaker
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 10.3 hours before it; books 1 to 2 run 24.8 hours in all.
More narrated by Patrick Lawlor
Patrick Lawlor narrates 589 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 5,365 hours in all.
- The Forgotten 500: The Untold Story of the Men Who Risked All for the Greatest Rescue Mission of World War II
- No Hiding in Boise
- Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time
- The Blue Zones of Happiness: Lessons From the World's Happiest People
- Grandma Gatewood's Walk: The Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail
About as long, on the Space Opera shelf
318 Space Opera audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Star Wars Legends: Darth Plagueis
- Star Wars: Thrawn: Alliances
- Speaker for the Dead
- Star Wars: Thrawn: Treason
- Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy: Chaos Rising: Book I
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
Guardians is book 2 of Josi Russell's Caretaker series: a 14.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Patrick Lawlor, released April 19, 2016, on the Space Opera shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 14.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Patrick Lawlor
- Released
- April 19, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Space Opera
- Series
- Caretaker #2
- ISBN
- 9781515971665
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Guardians audiobook?
Guardians runs 14.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.6 hours.
Is the Guardians audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Guardians?
Guardians is narrated by Patrick Lawlor.
Is Guardians worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.6 hours, saving 4.8 hours.