Analysing the books in the series, we estimate that the reading level of Paladin of Souls is 7th and 8th grade.
Readability Test | Reading Level |
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Flesch Kincaid Scale | Grade 5 |
SMOG Index | Grade 8 |
Coleman Liau Index | Grade 7 |
Dale Chall Readability Score | Grade 6 |
The estimated word count of Paladin of Souls (Chalion Book 2) is 151,435 words.
A person reading at the average speed of 250 words/min, will finish the book in 10 hrs 6 mins. At a slower speed of 150 words/min, they will finish it in 16 hrs 50 mins. At a faster speed of 450 words/min, they will finish it in 5 hrs 37 mins.
Paladin of Souls (Chalion Book 2) - 151,435 words | ||
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Reading Speed | Time to Read | |
Slow | 150 words/min | 16 hrs 50 mins |
Average | 250 words/min | 10 hrs 6 mins |
Fast | 450 words/min | 5 hrs 37 mins |
for Paladin of Souls (Chalion Book 2)
One of the most honored authors in the field of fantasy and science fiction, Lois McMaster Bujold transports us once more to a dark and troubled land and embroils us in a desperate struggle to preserve the endangered souls of a realm.Three years have passed since the widowed Dowager Royina Ista found release from the curse of madness that kept her imprisoned in her family's castle of Valenda. Her newfound freedom is costly, bittersweet with memories, regrets, and guilty secrets -- for she knows the truth of what brought her land to the brink of destruction. And now the road -- escape -- beckons. . . . A simple pilgrimage, perhaps. Quite fitting for the Dowager Royina of all Chalion.Yet something else is free, too -- something beyond deadly. To the north lies the vital border fortress of Porifors. Memories linger there as well, of wars and invasions and the mighty Golden General of Jokona. And someone, something, watches from across that border -- humans, demons, gods.Ista thinks her little party of pilgrims wanders at will. But whose? When Ista's retinue is unexpectedly set upon not long into its travels, a mysterious ally appears -- a warrior nobleman who fights like a berserker. The temporary safety of her enigmatic champion's castle cannot ease Ista's mounting dread, however, when she finds his dark secrets are entangled with hers in a net of the gods' own weaving.In her dreams the threads are already drawing her to unforeseen chances, fateful meetings, fearsome choices. What the inscrutable gods commanded of her in the past brought her land to the brink of devastation. Now, once again, they have chosen Ista as their instrument. And again, for good or for ill, she must comply.