How long does it take to read Piranha?
Piranha by Dale Brown, Jim Defelice takes about 7 hours 57 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 7 hours 57 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2001. 434 pages, about 119,350 words.
16 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 13 hours 16 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 57 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 58 minutes |
The page count is the median across 17 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The beast is alive and prowling the high seas. As extremist Islamic pirates, armed and supported by a powerful Saudi terrorist, prey on civilian vessels in the Gulf of Aden, America aggressively answers with serious muscle -- a next-generation littoral warship with a full range of automated weapons systems that the enemy has dubbed "Satan's Tail." However, unforeseen technological problems combined with the suicidal tendencies of a fanatical foe mean support is needed from above -- and a pair of Dreamland's awesome Megafortresses and their Flighthawk escorts are dispatched to the war zone.But bitter professional rivalries threaten to damage, perhaps even destroy, the mission, as a vengeful opponent takes advantage of the disruption -- to strengthen his outlaw navy and set its sights horrifically high -- raising the stakes in a battle the U.S. and the world simply cannot afford to lose.
Subjects: Proving grounds, Nuclear weapons, Military Air pilots, United States. Air Force, Fiction, United States
