How long does it take to read The Beast Master?
The Beast Master by Andre Norton takes about 3 hours 49 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 1 of Hosteen Storm
Next: Lord of Thunder
About 3 hours 49 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1959. 208 pages, about 57,200 words.
8 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 21 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 49 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 23 minutes |
The page count is the median across 11 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Is a science fiction novel which tells the story of Hosteen Storm, a Navajo and former soldier who has empathic and telepathic connections with a group of genetically altered animals. The team emigrates from Earth to the distant planet Arzor where he is hired to herd livestock. Storm still harbors anger at his former enemies the Xik, and has sworn revenge on a man named Quade for his father's murder. According to Kirkus he finds "life and hope" instead.
Subjects: Science Fiction, Storm, Hosteen (Fictitious character, Human-animal communication, Life on other planets, Space colonies, Fiction
