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The Protector by Kathryn Le Veque

The Protector: Audiobook

Book 2 of the Blackchurch Guild: The Shadow Knights series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Protector runs 10.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Paul Woodson (about 6.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10.2listening hrs
Historical (Romance)store shelf
2023released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 10.2 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Protector at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day21 days
1 hour / day11 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×7 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 10.2 hours, it runs longer than 64% of the 9,636 Historical (Romance) audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on The Blackchurch Guild: The Shadow Knights

This is book 2. Book 1 runs 10.4 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 30.3 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1The Leviathan10.4 hrs
2The Protector10.2 hrs
3The Swordsman9.7 hrs

About as long, on the Historical (Romance) shelf

2,513 Historical (Romance) 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 Protector is book 2 of Kathryn Le Veque's Blackchurch Guild: The Shadow Knights series: a 10.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Paul Woodson, released December 26, 2023, on the Historical (Romance) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
10.2 hrs
Narrated by
Paul Woodson
Released
December 26, 2023
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Romance)
Series
The Blackchurch Guild: The Shadow Knights #2
ISBN
9798765047361

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Protector as an audiobook?

The Protector runs 10.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.8 hours.

Is The Protector free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Protector?

The Protector is narrated by Paul Woodson.

Is The Protector worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.8 hours, saving 3.4 hours.