How long does it take to read The Steerswoman?
The Steerswoman by Rosemary Kirstein takes about 5 hours 7 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 1 of Steerswoman series
Next: The Outskirter's Secret
About 5 hours 7 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1989. 279 pages, about 76,725 words.
11 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 8 hours 32 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 7 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 12 minutes |
The page count is the median across 6 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
If you ask, she must answer. A steerswoman's knowledge is shared with any who request it; no steerswoman may refuse a question, and no steerswoman may answer with anything but the truth. And if she asks, you must answer. It is the other side of tradition's contract -- and if you refuse the question, or lie, no steerswoman will ever again answer even your most casual question. And so, the steerswomen — always seeking, always investigating — have gathered more and more knowledge about the world they traveled, and they share that knowledge freely. Until the day that the steerswoman Rowan begins asking innocent questions about one small, lovely, inexplicable object… Her discoveries grow stranger and deeper, and more dangerous, until suddenly she finds she must flee or fight for her life. Or worse -- lie. Because one kind of knowledge has always been denied the steerswomen: Magic. The first book in the series and a great start. These books are ones that I read when I want to renew my love for science and discovery.
Subjects: science fiction, fantasy
