How long does it take to read Rise of a Hero?
Rise of a Hero by Hilari Bell takes about 8 hours 48 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 2 of The Farsala Trilogy
Previous: Fall of a Kingdom Next: Forging the Sword
About 8 hours 48 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 2005. 480 pages, about 132,000 words. Written for children.
18 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 14 hours 40 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 8 hours 48 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 30 minutes |
The page count is the median across 6 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Although the Hrum believe their war against Farsala is nearly over, Soraya has strategic information that will help if she can reach Jiaan and Kavi and their separate resistance movements, but discord and Time's Wheel seem destined to keep them apart.
Subjects: Fantasy, Imaginary places, Fiction, Science fiction, Children's fiction, Fantasy fiction
