How long does it take to read The Dark Army?
The Dark Army by Joseph Delaney takes about 7 hours 13 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 7 hours 13 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2016. 394 pages, about 108,350 words. Written for children.
15 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 12 hours 2 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 13 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 31 minutes |
The page count is the median across 9 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Tom Ward is now Spook of the county, and with his apprentice, Jenny, he continues the fight against boggarts, witches and terrifying new creatures of the dark. Along with the witch assassin, Grimalkin, Tom and Jenny lead an army into battle against a dangerous enemy -- but it all goes catastrophically wrong. The situation seems hopeless until Alice, Tom's lost love and a powerful witch, appears. But Alice had turned to the dark: can Tom trust her now? --
Subjects: Apprentices, Fiction, Monsters, Witches, Imaginary wars and battles, Supernatural
