How long does it take to read Queen Demon?
Queen Demon by Martha Wells takes about 7 hours 20 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 2 of The Rising World
Previous: Witch King
About 7 hours 20 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2025. 400 pages, about 110,000 words.
15 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 12 hours 13 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 20 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 35 minutes |
The page count is the median across 2 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Dahin, a beloved member of the Witch King's coterie, believes he has clues to the location of the Hierarchs' Well, and the Witch King Kai, along with his companions Ziede and Tahren, knowing there's something he isn't telling them, travel with him to the rebuilt university of Ancartre, which may be dangerously close to finding the Well itself. Can Kai stop the rise of a new Hierarch? And can he trust his companions to do what’s right?
