How long does it take to read Sky Dragons?
Anne McCaffrey, Todd McCaffrey, Emily Durante
Sky Dragons by Anne McCaffrey, Todd McCaffrey, Emily Durante takes about 7 hours 20 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 21 of Dragonriders of Pern
Previous: Dragon's Time Next: Dragonriders of Pern
About 7 hours 20 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2012. 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 8 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Scores of dragons are dead after plague swept across the world of Pern, and now the Weyrs are struggling to rebuild before Threadfall destroys everything—and everyone—left alive. Their best hope lies with a group of new dragonriders who have volunteered to brave the dangers of an unexplored island populated by vicious wild felines and voracious tunnel-snakes to create a safe home for their young dragons, whose offspring will hopefully replenish Pern’s decimated population. But their leader, Xhinna, the first female rider of a blue dragon, faces an uphill battle to win the respect of her peers, especially after tragedy leaves the new colony reeling. The way forward seems to lie with the awesome ability of the dragons to travel through time. But that power comes with risks: By venturing into the past, Xhinna may jeopardize the very future she has sworn to save.
Subjects: Pern (Imaginary place), Space colonies, Life on other planets, Fiction, Dragons, Fiction, fantasy, general
