The estimated word count of Downbelow Station (Company Wars Book 1) is 178,715 words.
A person reading at the average speed of 250 words/min, will finish the book in 11 hrs 55 mins. At a slower speed of 150 words/min, they will finish it in 19 hrs 52 mins. At a faster speed of 450 words/min, they will finish it in 6 hrs 38 mins.
Downbelow Station (Company Wars Book 1) - 178,715 words | ||
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Reading Speed | Time to Read | |
Slow | 150 words/min | 19 hrs 52 mins |
Average | 250 words/min | 11 hrs 55 mins |
Fast | 450 words/min | 6 hrs 38 mins |
for Downbelow Station (Company Wars Book 1)
The Hugo Award-winning classic sci-fi novel, now available in a trade edition.The Beyond started with the Stations orbiting the stars nearest Earth. The Great Circle the interstellar freighters traveled was long, but not unmanageable, and the early Stations were emotionally and politically dependent on Mother Earth. The Earth Company which ran this immense operation reaped incalculable profits and influenced the affairs of nations.Then came Pell, the first station centered around a newly discovered living planet. The discovery of Pell's World forever altered the power balance of the Beyond. Earth was no longer the anchor which kept this vast empire from coming adrift, the one living mote in a sterile universe.But Pell was just the first living planet. Then came Cyteen, and later others, and a new and frighteningly different society grew in the farther reaches of space. The importance of Earth faded and the Company reaped ever smaller profits as the economic focus of space turned outward. But the powerful Earth Fleet was sitll a presence in the Beyond, and Pell Station was to become the last stronghold in a titanic struggle between the vast, dynamic forces of the rebel Union and those who defended Earth's last, desperate grasp for the stars.