by CJDorey
In 2219 immortality belongs to the rich. The rest of humanity is just a byproduct. Agent Bucket had a simple assignment: audit the Specters—a military unit fighting a losing war against the immortal Net Lords. Their goal: to free their vat-grown human hosts. It was supposed to be a routine assignment to assess efficiency. Instead, Bucket must scramble to form a trusted team to face lethal enemies powered by high-tech echo-suits; and worse, saboteurs from within his own ranks. Betrayed and facing a sea of Net Lords, can his newly formed ragtag team of bio-engineered and cybernetically augmented soldiers make a difference against an army of immortals? Release Schedule: Currently 1 chapter per week (Released Thursday; Often more will be released, bonus chapters based on milestones/mood!) Please be aware the content is appropriately tagged: Graphic Violence, Profanity, Sensitive Content, and Sexual Content are all part of the story. ©2025 C J Dorey and R J Dorey. All rights reserved.
#5
7/16/2026
Peak #45
5d
#4
7/12/2026
Peak #48
0d
#3
7/10/2026
Peak #47
0d
#2
7/9/2026
Peak #45
1d
#1
7/5/2026
Peak #27
17d
One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.
Rank updated 2 Oct 2026, 07:49 UTC
Entry forecast updated 2 Oct 2026, 07:49 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
20%
Two or more lists
13%
Likely threshold order: Sci-fi → Psychological → Drama → Romance → Main → Adventure.
Leading bundle: Psychological + Sci-fi (12%).
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
#7870 of 12,172 · 7820 below RS #50
By genre
beats 2% of similar stories
beats 15% of similar stories
beats 14% of similar stories
Both levers trail the field
Traffic and conversion are both below comparable stories. Cadence is the first lever — stories posting near-daily reached 25 followers 17% of the time; stories posting every few days almost never did. Get the flow going, then re-check conversion.
Benchmarks: 8,060 active Royal Road stories, percentiles within the 50–149 chapters band, cohort of 2026-07-02. Conversion is measured as followers gained per 1,000 views over the recent window.
