How long does it take to read 23 Hours?
a vengeful vampire tale
23 Hours by David Wellington takes about 5 hours 36 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 4 of Vampire Story
Previous: Vampire Zero
About 5 hours 36 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2009. 305 pages, about 83,875 words.
12 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 9 hours 19 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 36 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 30 minutes |
The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Vampire hunter, Laura Caxton, has just 23 hours to make one last, desperate attempt at protecting the world from the ultimate evil.'....a final twist that will stun fans.'- genregoround.comIn the next 23 hours, there will be no reprieve, no mercy, and no time off for good behavior.When vampire hunter Laura Caxton is locked up in a maximum-security prison, the cop-turned-con finds herself surrounded by countless murderers and death-row inmates with nothing to lose . . . and plenty of time to kill.Caxton's always been able to watch her own back, even when it's against a cell-block wall, but soon she learns that an even greater threat has slithered behind the bars to join her. Justinia Malvern, the world's oldest living vampire, has taken up residence, and her strength grows by the moment as she raids the inmate population like an open bar with an all-you-can-drink supply of fresh blood. The crafty old vampire knows just how to pull Caxton's strings, too, and she's issued an ultimatum that Laura can't refuse.Now Laura has just 23 hours to fight her way through a gauntlet of vampires, cons, and killers . . . 23 hours to make one last, desperate attempt at protecting the world from Justinia's evil.
Subjects: Fiction, Vampires, Laura Caxton (Fictitious character), Nonfiction
