Hatched: Dragon Defender: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Hatched series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Hatched: Dragon Defender audiobook runs 7.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Patrick Mealey and Emma Faye (about 4.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 7.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 15 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 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 7.2 hours, it is shorter than 74% of the 5,647 Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Hatched
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 4.2 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 26.6 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hatched: Dragon Farmer | 4.2 hrs |
| 2 | Hatched: Dragon Defender | 7.2 hrs |
| 3 | Hatched: Dragon Speaker | 15.1 hrs |
More narrated by Patrick Mealey
Patrick Mealey narrates 23 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 177 hours in all.
About as long, on the Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal shelf
692 Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal 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
Hatched: Dragon Defender is book 2 of Caren Hahn's Hatched series: a 7.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Patrick Mealey and Emma Faye, released May 18, 2026, on the Romance (Teen & YA) and Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Patrick Mealey, Emma Faye
- Released
- May 18, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Romance (Teen & YA), Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal
- Series
- Hatched #2
- ISBN
- 9798318532849
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Hatched: Dragon Defender audiobook?
Hatched: Dragon Defender runs 7.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.8 hours.
Is the Hatched: Dragon Defender audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Hatched: Dragon Defender?
Hatched: Dragon Defender is narrated by Patrick Mealey and Emma Faye.