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How long does it take to read King of Foxes?

Raymond E. Feist

King of Foxes by Raymond E. Feist takes about 6 hours 59 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

Book 2 of Conclave of Shadows

Previous: Talon of the Silver Hawk Next: Exile's Return

About 6 hours 59 minutes

A weekend read

First published 2003. 381 pages, about 104,775 words.

14 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 11 hours 39 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 6 hours 59 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 4 hours 22 minutes

The page count is the median across 18 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

Young Tal Hawkins was the only survivor of the massacre of his village -- rescued, recruited, and trained by the mysterious order of magicians and spies, the Conclave of Shadows. Already exceptionally skilled in swordsmanship, he has since developed into one of the secret society's most valuable agents, keeping ever alert for the opportunity to arise when he can avenge the craven slaughter of his family and friends.That time is now.Posing as a nobleman from the distant Kingdom of the Isles, he gains entrance into the court of the Duke of Olasko, the bloodthirsty and powerful despot whose armies put Tal's village to the sword. But the enemy is cunning and well protected -- in league with the foul necromancer Leso Varen, dark master of death-magic -- and to gain the Duke's trust and confidence, Tal Hawkins must first sell his soul.Only by swearing an oath of allegiance to his hated nemesis can Tal hope to get close enough to kill the Duke and bring his empire crashing down. But the tyrant demands that his new acolyte prove his loyalty with blood. Sent off to do his "master's" malevolent bidding -- each depraved mission more odious than the last -- the Talon of the Silver Hawk faces a spirit-crushing dilemma. Only through evil can his vengeance succeed, yet his alternatives are more terrible still: madness, torture, damnation, and a slow, lingering death in the Fortress of Despair.

Subjects: Fantasy, Orphans, Fiction, Midkemia (Imaginary place), Orphans in fiction, Soldiers

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