How long does it take to read To Sail a Darkling Sea?
To Sail a Darkling Sea by John Ringo takes about 6 hours 51 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 6 hours 51 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2014. 374 pages, about 102,850 words.
14 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 11 hours 26 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 51 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 17 minutes |
The page count is the median across 1 edition, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Book 2 of the Dark Tide Rising series. This is the continuing story of rebuilding the US military (mainly Navy/Marines/Coast Guard) after the release of a bio-weapon turns people into "zombies". They are not zombies, though. They are dangerous, infected people with damaged minds who have turned animal. The main characters are Faith "Shewolf" Smith, a 13 year old girl who is provisionally granted a commission as Marine 3rd lieutenant and her 15 year old sister, Sophia "Seawolf" Smith, a provisionally commissioned ensign who captains a small navy vessel.
Subjects: US Navy, cruise ship, US Marines, salvage, zombie apocalypse, Zombies
