It takes the average reader 3 hours and 1 minute to read The Great Crimson Idol by Alan Cass
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In the dream was a large, gilded mirror, identical to the one positioned above the fireplace of my childhood home, and in it were flames...burning, searing, and erasing. The voice that came through it was horrific, think of a seven-inch single on a long-player setting and you'll be close. I remember it as if it were yesterday, but it was 1988 and I was just thirteen-years old when the devil spoke to me in my dreams...destruction clears the table, watch them burn. Lockerbie, Scotland, 1988. His parents divorced and mother remarried, thirteen-year old Solomon's only wish was to see them together again and beneath the same roof in time for Christmas. Shortly thereafter, Clipper Maid of the Seas claimed everything he'd ever loved, but she wasn't done yet, and nor was she the true protagonist in his worsening theatre of despair. His memory erased, he became Lockerbie's orphan child with no recollection of any peculiar 'wishes,' much less any peculiar 'replies,' and with no choice but instant internment to the social services, the commencement of which saw the most sinister of incantations projected onto his body, he has no clue as to why his once raven hair is now ginger, and nor why his name is now Michael. They say it's easier than you think to kill your demons, but perhaps it's not quite so easy when the biggest demon of them all, your reflection, is none other than the devil himself. Twenty years later, having relocated to North Wales, it becomes apparent to Michael that everyone he encounters is branded with a tattoo, and each are personality traits...the devil has inserted his gatekeepers, but the one area left vulnerable to interference is his dreams. Solomon is reaching out and growing stronger by the day, but he's up against the darkest entity that the world has ever known...the Great Crimson Idol. Warning: graphic content!
The Great Crimson Idol by Alan Cass is 181 pages long, and a total of 45,431 words.
This makes it 61% the length of the average book. It also has 56% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 8 minutes to read The Great Crimson Idol aloud.
The Great Crimson Idol is suitable for students ages 10 and up.
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