How long does it take to read Bearers of the Black Staff?
Bearers of the Black Staff by Terry Brooks takes about 8 hours 4 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of Shannara
Previous: The Gypsy Morph Next: The Measure of the Magic
About 8 hours 4 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 2010. 440 pages, about 121,000 words.
17 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 13 hours 27 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 8 hours 4 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 3 minutes |
The page count is the median across 10 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Co-existing peacefully for five hundred years after creating their magically protected valley, the surviving members of four non-demon races band together against frightening creatures that are penetrating the shield around their home. Sider Ament discovers unknown predators stalking the valley and realizes the magic that has protected the few survivors of humankind has faded, leaving them vulnerable to attack. Book #1
Subjects: Knights and knighthood, Shannara (Imaginary place), Fiction, Magic, Good and evil, Fiction, fantasy, epic
