How long does it take to read Blood of the Mantis?
Blood of the Mantis by Adrian Tchaikovsky takes about 8 hours 13 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 3 of Shadows of the apt
Previous: Dragonfly Falling
About 8 hours 13 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 2009. 448 pages, about 123,200 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 41 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 8 hours 13 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 8 minutes |
The page count is the median across 9 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Sequel to Dragonfly Falling. Achaeos the seer has finally tracked down the stolen Shadow Box. But he has only days before this magical artefact will be lost to him forever. Meanwhile, the Empire's dread forces are mustering for their next great offensive. Stenwold and his followers have only a short time to gather allies before the enemy's soldiers march again - to conquer everything in their path. If Stenwold cannot hold them back, the hated black-and-gold flag will fly over every city in the Lowlands before the year's end. Yet a more insidious threat awaits. Should the Shadow Box fall into the hands of the power-mad Emperor, nothing will save the world form his relentless ambition.
Subjects: Magic, Imaginary wars and battles, Fiction, Fantasy fiction, War stories, Spy stories
