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by zhkorejo
Book 1 is now complete. Book 2 will continue the story soon. Time is but a Stubborn Illusion When an ambitious archaeologist Julia Carter uncovers a crystal in the ruins of a lost ancient civilization, she believes it’s the find of a lifetime. Instead, it makes her a target. Hidden hands and powerful elites want the artifact for themselves and they’ll stop at nothing to claim it. What Julia doesn’t know is that the crystal isn’t just history. It’s a remnant of Aetheria, a kingdom lost to time. In that past, Arion Faris, a young prodigy and guardian of the Aether Temple, is torn between sacred duty and forbidden love for a princess. But Aetheria teeters on the edge: clashing ideologies and personal rivalries have formed cracks in the royal family, threatening to shatter the power structure and plunge the kingdom into chaos. As timelines unravel and collide, Julia must face a chilling truth, she didn’t just find the past… the past found her. And the crystal she unearthed may not only rewrite history but could destroy the future. - Slow Burn
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One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.
Rank updated 2 Oct 2026, 03:09 UTC
Entry forecast updated 2 Oct 2026, 03:09 UTC
Ranking model: rs-public-oracle-state-v1
Forecast model: rs-model-entry-v1
Chart history contains only this ranking model's runs; legacy points are not spliced in.
Coupled 14-day outlook
rs-joint-entry-copula-v1
Any eligible RS entry
4%
Two or more lists
2%
Likely threshold order: Psychological → Drama → Adventure → Fantasy → Main.
Leading bundle: Psychological (2%).
Estimated from one fitted shared story path; category probabilities are not multiplied as if lists were independent.
Separate entry forecast; this probability does not enter the ranking score.
Overall Rising Stars Shadow RS rank
#4858 of 12,412 · 4808 below RS #50
By genre
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