It takes the average reader 4 hours and 16 minutes to read Islands of Gold by Grant Hyde
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
In the tradition of Wilbur Smith and Patrick O’Brian comes the next sensational South Seas adventure.The year is 1796, and three and a half years have passed since Captain Lightfoot and his crew helped restore justice and peace to Tonga. It is time for them to return to their colony in New Holland, and then on to Mother England.But fate plays strange tricks in this vast ocean, even on the true of heart, and Lightfoot and his Polynesian crew find themselves facing an old enemy.Meanwhile, far off in the Torres Strait, a Dutch East India merchant ship is wrecked on an uncharted reef. When the captain and officers are murdered by the mutinous crew, a fortune in gold and jewels locked away in the ship’s belly goes up for grabs.As fate brings these two crews together, Lightfoot, Sevesi, Hurley and Hiki will encounter the ruthless Company men, warring Aborigines, brutal Portuguese authorities and man-eating crocodiles. With the odds stacked against them, will the crew of the Royal make it out alive?'Islands of Gold' is a mesmerising tale of greed, betrayal, gold and violence set in a world of savage beauty.
Islands of Gold by Grant Hyde is 253 pages long, and a total of 64,009 words.
This makes it 85% the length of the average book. It also has 78% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 49 minutes to read Islands of Gold aloud.
Islands of Gold is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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