How long does it take to read The Demon Awakens?
The Demon Awakens by R. A. Salvatore takes about 9 hours 27 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 1 of The DemonWars Saga
Next: The Demon Spirit
About 9 hours 27 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1996. 515 pages, about 141,625 words.
19 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 15 hours 44 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 9 hours 27 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 54 minutes |
The page count is the median across 14 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
In THE DEMON AWAKENS, bestselling author R. A. Salvatore creates an astonishing new world for readers to explore--and an intrepid hero to lead the way: Elbryan Wynden, who must confront the dark tides of destiny in his epic search for justice and peace . . .A great evil has awakened in the land of Corona, a terrible demon determined to spread death and misery. His goblin armies and fearsome giants ravage the settlements of the frontier, and in the small village of Dundallis their merciless attack leaves behind two shattered orphans: Pony and her lifelong friend, the youth Elbryan. Taken in by elves, Elbryan is raised to become a formidable ranger--a fateful role that will lead him into harrowing confrontation.Meanwhile, on a far-off island, a shower of gemstones will fall onto the black sand shores. These heaven-sent stones carry within them an incredible power--the key to all that is good in the world and all that is evil, and it is up to one young monk to liberate them from the corrupt monastery that harvests them. Pray that they don't fall into the wrong, clawed hands . . .From the Paperback edition.
Subjects: Fiction, Good and evil, Magic, Fantasy, Orphans, Occult fiction
