How long does it take to read The Illearth War?
The Illearth War by Stephen R. Donaldson takes about 8 hours 47 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 2 of The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant
Previous: Lord Foul's Bane Next: The Power that Preserves
About 8 hours 47 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1977. 479 pages, about 131,725 words.
18 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 14 hours 38 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 8 hours 47 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 29 minutes |
The page count is the median across 14 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
From back cover Del Rey paperback September 1979: WHILE THE EVIL DAYS COME After scant days in his "real" world, Thomas Covenant found himself again summoned to the Land -- the strange world of magic and earthpower. There forty bitter years had passed while Lord Foul, immortal enemy of the Land, moved to fulfill his prophecy of doom. Foul's countless minions, led by a Giant Raver, were already on the march of destruction. They were opposed only by the untried war skill of Hile Troy, blind and bitter exile from "reality." The Council of Lords found their spells useless, now that Foul the Despiser held the Illearth Stone, ancient source of evil power. High Lord Elena turned in desperation to Covenant and the legendary white gold magic of his ring. But Covenant was still the Unbeliever, unable to believe that the Land was more than illusion. And nobody knew how to use the white gold -- least of all, Thomas Covenant.
Subjects: Fiction, Thomas Covenant (Fictitious character), American Fantasy fiction, Epic, Magic, Fiction, fantasy, general
