How long does it take to read The Escapement?
The Escapement by K. J. Parker takes about 7 hours 55 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 3 of The Engineer Trilogy
Previous: Evil for Evil
About 7 hours 55 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2007. 432 pages, about 118,800 words.
16 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 13 hours 12 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 55 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 57 minutes |
The page count is the median across 2 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The engineer Ziani Vaatzes engineered a war to be reunited with his family. The deaths were regrettable, but he had no choice. Duke Valens dragged his people into the war to save the life of one woman - a woman whose husband he then killed. He regrets the evil he's done, but he, equally, had no choice. Secretary Psellus never wanted to rule the Republic, or fight a desperate siege for its survival. As a man of considerable intelligence, he knows that he has a role to play - and little choice but to accept it. The machine has been built. All that remains is to set it in motion.
Subjects: Fantasy, Fiction, Fiction, fantasy, general
