How long does it take to read Heroes Die?
Heroes Die by Matthew Woodring Stover takes about 10 hours 19 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 10 hours 19 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1998. 563 pages, about 154,825 words.
21 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 17 hours 12 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 10 hours 19 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours 27 minutes |
The page count is the median across 4 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
HEROES DIEBut Caine's no hero. He's an assassin.Renowned throughout the land of Ankhana as the Blade of Tyshalle, Caine has killed his share of monarchs and commoners, villains and heroes. He is relentless, unstoppable, simply the best there is at what he does. He is free.At home on Earth, Caine is Hari Michaelson, a superstar whose adventures command an audience of billions. Yet he is shackled by a rigid caste society, bound to ignore the grim fact that men die on a far-off world for the entertainment of his own planet--bound to keep his rage in check.But now Michaelson has crossed the line. His estranged wife, Pallas Rill, has mysteriously disappeared in the slums of Ankhana. To save her, he must confront the greatest challenge of his life: a lethal game of cat and mouse with the most treacherous rulers of two worlds.Matthew Woodring Stover has created a spectacular, page-turning epic where a Jackal-type assassin maneuvers through a vivid Tolkienesque world. With a plot as driven as its main character and drawn against a setting as vivid as the very best in fantasy, Heroes Die is a brilliant feat of the imagination.From the Trade Paperback edition.
Subjects: Fantasy, Fiction, Virtual reality, Criminals, Fiction, science fiction, general
