How long does it take to read Shadow Games / Dreams of Steel / The Silver Spike?
Shadow Games / Dreams of Steel / The Silver Spike by Glen Cook takes about 12 hours 18 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of The Black Company
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About 12 hours 18 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 2002. 671 pages, about 184,525 words.
25 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 20 hours 30 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 12 hours 18 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 7 hours 41 minutes |
The page count is the median across 5 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Marching south after the ghastly battle at the Tower of Charm, the Black Company is hounded by shadowy figures every inch of the way. This omnibus edition collects "Shadow Games, Dreams of Steel," and "The Silver Spike."
Subjects: dark fantasy, high fantasy