How long does it take to read The Mark of the Cat?
The Mark of the Cat by Andre Norton takes about 4 hours 33 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 33 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1992. 248 pages, about 68,200 words.
10 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours 35 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 33 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 51 minutes |
The page count is the median across 5 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Synopsis - In the imperilled queendom of Kahulawe the most feared enemy is the sand cat. Ancient enmities divide mankind from those highly intelligent and beautiful animals. The boy Hynkkel, refusing to take up a trade in arms, is brutally outcast into a desert lands populated by giant rats and scoured by sandstorms that can flay a man i seconds. His chances are small. Until, that is, he is accepted into cat society. Hynkkel’s fate will lead him and his cat companions into adventures that will enmesh them in the affairs of the empire. His choices mean he has chosen a hard path. Or maybe it has chosen him.
Subjects: Fantasy, Cats, Fiction, science fiction, general, Fiction, fantasy, general
