The Defiant and The Damned: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Dragon Queen series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Defiant and The Damned runs 19.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Ruthie Bowles (about 13.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 19.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 40 days |
| 1 hour / day | 20 days |
| 2 hours / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 14 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 19.6 hours, it runs longer than 94% of the 12,109 Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Dragon Queen
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 20 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 54.7 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Forgotten and The Feared | 20 hrs |
| 2 | The Defiant and The Damned | 19.6 hrs |
| 3 | The Dragon Queen: The Dragon Queen, Book 3 | 15.1 hrs |
More narrated by Ruthie Bowles
Ruthie Bowles narrates 28 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 304 hours in all.
About as long, on the Fantasy shelf
488 Fantasy 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
The Defiant and The Damned is book 2 of EC Garrett's Dragon Queen series: a 19.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Ruthie Bowles, released May 11, 2026, on the Romantasy (Romance) and Fantasy shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 19.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Ruthie Bowles
- Released
- May 11, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Romantasy (Romance), Fantasy, Romantasy (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
- Series
- The Dragon Queen #2
- ISBN
- 9798240147821
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Defiant and The Damned as an audiobook?
The Defiant and The Damned runs 19.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 13.1 hours.
Is The Defiant and The Damned free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Defiant and The Damned?
The Defiant and The Damned is narrated by Ruthie Bowles.
Is The Defiant and The Damned worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 13.1 hours, saving 6.5 hours.