How many pages is Scion?

228 pages, which is about 68,000 words and 4½ hrs of reading. Editions vary, so we take the figure two of our three sources agree on.

Is Scion worth reading?

Only 33 readers have rated it on Hardcover so far — too few to tell you much either way. What we can tell you for certain is the cost: 228 pages and about 4½ hrs of your time, or 3 hrs if you read quickly. Whether that is worth it depends on the hours you have.

How long is the Scion audiobook?

About 7½ hrs, estimated from the 68,000 words at a typical narration pace of 150 words a minute. Real editions vary by narrator, usually by well under an hour.

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Scion

Name: Scion
Author: James Islington

James Islington

4½ hrsto read

At your speed≈ 4½ hrs

Pages228

Audiobook≈ 7½ hrs

228 pages works out to roughly 68,000 words. At an average 250 words a minute that is 4½ hrs — a weekend's reading.

Only 33 readers have rated it on Hardcover so far — too few to tell you much either way.

How long does it take to read Scion?

Scion is 228 pages, or roughly 68,000 words. How long that takes depends on how fast you read:

Estimated reading time for Scion at three reading speeds.
Your pace	Words per minute	Time to finish
Slow	175	6½ hrs
Average	250	4½ hrs
Fast	400	3 hrs

Estimated at about 300 words per page. Most adults read between 200 and 300 words a minute — use the reading-speed control to set your own pace and every time on the site adjusts.

Your reading speed… wpm

Every reading time on the site updates to your pace. Page counts are an estimate, so treat the hours as a good guide, not a stopwatch.

Common questions

How long does it take to read Scion?: About 4½ hrs at an average reading speed of 250 words per minute. Scion runs 228 pages, roughly 68,000 words — so at a slower 175 wpm it is nearer 6½ hrs, and at 400 wpm closer to 3 hrs.
How many pages is Scion?: 228 pages, which is about 68,000 words and 4½ hrs of reading. Editions vary, so we take the figure two of our three sources agree on.
Is Scion worth reading?: Only 33 readers have rated it on Hardcover so far — too few to tell you much either way. What we can tell you for certain is the cost: 228 pages and about 4½ hrs of your time, or 3 hrs if you read quickly. Whether that is worth it depends on the hours you have.
How long is the Scion audiobook?: About 7½ hrs, estimated from the 68,000 words at a typical narration pace of 150 words a minute. Real editions vary by narrator, usually by well under an hour.

From the publisher

My job, when you think about it, isn’t so different from a lot of people’s. The more old-fashioned crowd do still get hung up on the "killing people" part of it, I guess, but that’s a them problem: it’s been perfectly legal to take out lifers for ages.…

Besides, once ultrawealthy morons realised they had a way to live forever—limited resources be damned—there was only ever going to be one genuinely practical deterrent. So, sure, I have to deal with a ton of boring planning. Inconvenient hours. Some pretty awkward face-to-face interactions. And like most of us, I’m really only clocking in to try to crawl out from beneath my debts. But someone’s got to do it. Luckily, my genetic compatibilities make me really, really good at doing it. Still. This next job...I don’t know. It’s something I haven’t had to deal with in years. Kind of the opposite of my regular duties. Strange, that it got thrown my way. I’m sure it’ll all go totally fine though.