How long does it take to read Alta?
Alta by Mercedes Lackey takes about 7 hours 48 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 7 hours 48 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2004. 425 pages, about 116,875 words.
16 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 12 hours 59 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 48 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 52 minutes |
The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
In the second novel in national best-selling legend Mercedes Lackey's richly-conceived new Joust series, the dragonrider Vetch escapes to Alta, the subjugated land of his birth. There, he hopes to teach his people to raise and train dragons-and build an army that will liberate his homeland.
Subjects: Dragons, American Fantasy fiction, Fiction, Magic, Fantasy, Fiction, fantasy, general
