An Unexpected Guest

by allature

AdventureCozyDramaFemale LeadFirst Contact

Rising Stars:Drama #35 Romance #40 Sci fi #16

On Rising Stars: Drama #35

A young physicist encounters a bizarre creature in the aftermath of an experiment gone wrong. But this odd little specimen promises her the secrets of a new branch of science. Can this Unexpected Guest increase her nation's knowledge by an astronomical degree? Or will his foreign ways affect their culture?

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24h 7d 30d 90d All

Current Rank

#16

Peak Rank

#16

Followers

+66

Story Timeline

Started

9mo ago

Tracking

2mo ago

Entered Sci_fi RS

3d ago

#16 Sci_fi

3d ago

Entered Drama RS

2d ago

#35 Drama

2d ago

Entered Romance RS

yesterday

#40 Romance

yesterday

Overview Views and follower statistics Engagement Prose Chapters

Ranking History

Track position changes over time

24h 7d 30d

Rating Breakdown

Overall4.90

StyleN/A

StoryN/A

GrammarN/A

CharacterN/A

Streak History

Current

9/30/2026

Peak #40

Current

9/29/2026

Peak #35

Current

9/29/2026

Peak #16

Shared RS Climb

Observed Royal Road ranks are authoritative for lists where the story is active. Other eligible lists retain their Shadow RS ranks.

Overall Rising Stars Shadow RS rank

~#90034

#900 of 12,184 · 850 below RS #50

Separate entry model vs observed 7d bar-71/wk

Separate forecast P(enter ≤14d)0%

Shadow rankObserved RR rank

By genre

Reader Funnel

How efficiently views become followers — benchmarked against 8,060 active stories with 20–49 chapters

Views

12k

6.6 follows / 1k viewslast 30d

beats 86% of similar stories

Followers

0.24 favs / follower

beats 56% of similar stories

Favorites

Traffic (last 30d)111 views/day

beats 81% of similar stories

Conversion trend

Improvingrecent 6.6/1k vs lifetime 5.3/1k

Firing on all cylinders

Traffic and conversion are both strong for a story this size. Readers are finding it and sticking — if Rising Stars is the goal, this is the moment to push.

Benchmarks: 8,060 active Royal Road stories, percentiles within the 20–49 chapters band, cohort of 2026-07-02. Conversion is measured as followers gained per 1,000 views over the recent window.