How long does it take to read A Shadow of All Night Falling?
A Shadow of All Night Falling by Glen Cook takes about 4 hours 33 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 1 of Dread Empire
Next: October's Baby
About 4 hours 33 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1979. 248 pages, about 68,200 words.
10 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours 35 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 33 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 51 minutes |
The page count is the median across 2 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Across the mountains called the Dragon's Teeth, beyond the chill reach of the Werewind and the fires of the world's beginning, above the walls of the castle Fangdred, stands Windtower. From this lonely keep the Star Rider calls forth the war that even wizards dread, fought for a woman's hundred-lifetime love. A woman called Nepanthe, princess to the Stormkings…
Subjects: Fantasy fiction, Fiction, fantasy, general, Dread empire (imaginary place), fiction