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Defiance of the Fall
JF Brink's cultivation LitRPG series (TheFirstDefier on Royal Road), published by Aethon Books. Pavi Proczko narrates every audiobook, usually released the same day as the ebook.
- Books
- 17
- Status
- Ongoing
- Audio
- 397 h 59 m
- Narrator
- Pavi Proczko
- Checked
Still running: the story continues on Royal Road at 3 chapters a week (chapter 1,468 went up on October 8, 2026). No book 18 date yet.
Quest log
Every Defiance of the Fall book in order
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| Read | # | Title | Ebook | Pages | Audible release | Audible length | Audible (Oct 10, 2026) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Defiance of the Fall | Jun 8, 2021 | 778 | Jun 8, 2021 | 23 h 29 m | 4.68 from 11,309 | |
| 2 | Defiance of the Fall 2 | Aug 10, 2021 | 738 | Aug 10, 2021 | 24 h 30 m | 4.84 from 9,772 | |
| 3 | Defiance of the Fall 3 | Nov 30, 2021 | 730 | Nov 30, 2021 | 24 h 34 m | 4.85 from 8,965 | |
| 4 | Defiance of the Fall 4 | Feb 22, 2022 | 678 | Feb 22, 2022 | 22 h 47 m | 4.83 from 8,504 | |
| 5 | Defiance of the Fall 5 | May 20, 2022 | 660 | May 20, 2022 | 24 h 11 m | 4.81 from 7,438 | |
| 6 | Defiance of the Fall 6 | Aug 16, 2022 | 656 | Aug 16, 2022 | 23 h 1 m | 4.78 from 7,601 | |
| 7 | Defiance of the Fall 7 | Oct 26, 2022 | 672 | Oct 26, 2022 | 23 h 3 m | 4.81 from 7,015 | |
| 8 | Defiance of the Fall 8 | Jan 24, 2023 | 656 | Dec 30, 2022 | 23 h 22 m | 4.83 from 6,213 | |
| 9 | Defiance of the Fall 9 | Apr 26, 2023 | 644 | Apr 26, 2023 | 22 h 34 m | 4.74 from 3,467 | |
| 10 | Defiance of the Fall 10 | Aug 2, 2023 | 564 | Aug 2, 2023 | 20 h 8 m | 4.80 from 3,396 | |
| 11 | Defiance of the Fall 11 | Nov 1, 2023 | 662 | Nov 15, 2023 | 24 h 47 m | 4.84 from 4,066 | |
| 12 | Defiance of the Fall 12 | Feb 28, 2024 | 704 | Feb 28, 2024 | 26 h 24 m | 4.79 from 4,375 | |
| 13 | Defiance of the Fall 13 | Jun 26, 2024 | 674 | Jun 26, 2024 | 24 h 35 m | 4.72 from 3,517 | |
| 14 | Defiance of the Fall 14 | Dec 18, 2024 | 584 | Dec 18, 2024 | 21 h 54 m | 4.72 from 2,735 | |
| 15 | Defiance of the Fall 15 | Jul 16, 2025 | 580 | Jul 16, 2025 | 21 h 38 m | 4.52 from 2,330 | |
| 16 | Defiance of the Fall 16 | Dec 23, 2025 | 727 | Dec 23, 2025 | 22 h 17 m | 4.58 from 1,890 | |
| 17 | Defiance of the Fall 17 | Sep 16, 2026 (Amazon) | not listed | Sep 16, 2026 | 24 h 45 m | 4.49 from 581 |
- Book 17: Aethon's product page still showed a preorder dated December 2, 2026, but Amazon's Kindle page gives September 16, 2026, and the author's Royal Road post that day calls it a dual ebook and audio release. We list September 16.
- Book 8: Audible's release date (December 30, 2022) is earlier than Aethon's ebook date.
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Every date, page count, length and rating above comes from the source table behind our Defiance of the Fall guide, read on the official pages below on . Totals are our own sums of the main books. Ratings are the Audible averages on that date, not our scores. No plot details.