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The Destructor by Jon F. Merz

The Destructor: Audiobook

Book 3 of the Lawson Vampire series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Destructor runs 7.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Joe Hempel (about 5.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

7.9listening hrs
Fantasystore shelf
2018released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 7.9 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Destructor at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day16 days
1 hour / day8 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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What our data says

  • At 7.9 hours, it is shorter than 58% of the 12,109 Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Lawson Vampire

This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 18.9 hours before it; books 1 to 4 run 34 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1The Fixer10.1 hrs
2The Invoker8.8 hrs
3The Destructor7.9 hrs
4The Syndicate7.2 hrs

More narrated by Joe Hempel

Joe Hempel narrates 433 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,472 hours in all.

All Joe Hempel audiobooks, measured

About as long, on the Fantasy shelf

1,656 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 Destructor is book 3 of Jon F. Merz's Lawson Vampire series: a 7.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Joe Hempel, released August 31, 2018, on the Fantasy and Paranormal shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
7.9 hrs
Narrated by
Joe Hempel
Released
August 31, 2018
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Fantasy, Paranormal
Series
Lawson Vampire #3
ISBN
9781977382207

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Destructor as an audiobook?

The Destructor runs 7.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.3 hours.

Is The Destructor free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Destructor?

The Destructor is narrated by Joe Hempel.