It takes the average reader 5 hours and 59 minutes to read Desert Lightning by Mack Maloney
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
It's the beginning of VE Day and the end of the war in Europe heralds a newer war with the Soviets. Monopolizing and exploiting German technological breakthroughs will be critical in the new cold war. A cadre of USAF officers gathers captured German rockets and planes in a remote desert base. They've got captured pilots and scientists as well-but can't trust them much. Instead, using ENIAC, they amass a small number of USAAF pilots with the idea of forming the first of America's jet fighter squadrons. Distrust of the Germans and their planes is only one the problems-our heroes must also...
Desert Lightning by Mack Maloney is 348 pages long, and a total of 89,784 words.
This makes it 117% the length of the average book. It also has 110% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 10 minutes to read Desert Lightning aloud.
Desert Lightning is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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