The Defection Protocol: Audiobook
Book 2 of the David Shaw series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Defection Protocol runs 10.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Shawn Compton (about 7.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 22 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 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 10.7 hours, it runs longer than 61% of the 2,576 Legal & Political audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on David Shaw
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 11.9 hours before it; books 1 to 5 run 56.1 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saber Down | 11.9 hrs |
| 2 | The Defection Protocol | 10.7 hrs |
| 3 | Invictus | 10.3 hrs |
| 4 | Unlawful Combatant | 11.1 hrs |
| 5 | Hostile Extraction | 12 hrs |
More narrated by Shawn Compton
Shawn Compton narrates 160 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,476 hours in all.
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- He's Not Lazy: Empowering Your Son to Believe In Himself
- Lost!: A Harrowing True Story of Disaster at Sea
- The Rifle: Combat Stories from America's Last WWII Veterans, Told Through an M1 Garand
- Flying the SR-71 Blackbird: In the Cockpit on a Secret Operational Mission
About as long, on the Legal & Political shelf
665 Legal & Political audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Judge's List
- The Rooster Bar
- The President Is Missing
- The Broker
- Judge Stone
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
The Defection Protocol is book 2 of Harrison Kone's David Shaw series: a 10.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Shawn Compton, released February 23, 2026, on the Legal & Political shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Shawn Compton
- Released
- February 23, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Legal & Political
- Series
- David Shaw #2
- ISBN
- 9798318546020
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Defection Protocol as an audiobook?
The Defection Protocol runs 10.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.1 hours.
Is The Defection Protocol free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Defection Protocol?
The Defection Protocol is narrated by Shawn Compton.
Is The Defection Protocol worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.1 hours, saving 3.6 hours.