How long does it take to read Night of Knives?
A Novel of the Melazan Empire
Night of Knives by Ian C. Esslemont takes about 5 hours 34 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 34 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2007. 304 pages, about 83,600 words.
12 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 9 hours 17 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 34 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 29 minutes |
The page count is the median across 4 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Shunted into the background of a great empire it once founded, the sleepy island city of Malaz frenetically prepares for a once-in-a-generation celestial event that has been foretold to be a precursor to the return of an ancient oppressive force.
Subjects: Fiction, fantasy, historical, Fiction, fantasy, general, Malaz (Imaginary place)