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The Blade Itself
531 pages2001
About This Book
The first novel in the First Law Trilogy and debut fantasy novel from New York Times bestseller, Joe Abercrombie. Logen Ninefingers, infamous barbarian, has finally run out of luck. Caught in one feud too many, he's on the verge of becoming a dead barbarian -- leaving nothing behind him but bad song...
Reading Time Estimates
13h 31m
slow reader
180 WPM
9h 44m
average reader
250 WPM
6h 57m
fast reader
350 WPM
π 146,025 wordsπ
20 days at 30 min/day
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9 h 44 min
at 250 words per minute
Audiobook (1.5x)
10 h 49 min
at 1.5x narration speed
Audio 1x
16 h 14 min
Audio 2x
8 h 7 min
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