
by adriansnow
Joshua Cross was supposed to die once. Instead, Heaven made it permanent. Every time Joshua dies, he wakes up in another chapter of history—Ancient Rome, Viking Norway, Egypt, and places far stranger—where surviving long enough to die again is somehow the easy part. The hard part is dealing with Heaven. Because Heaven isn't an endless paradise. It's a bureaucracy. Every resurrection comes with contracts. Every miracle comes with fees. Every mistake creates another disaster someone has to explain to God. Joshua doesn't want to become a prophet, a demon, a god, or a historical legend. Unfortunately, history has other ideas. As myths unravel, civilizations spiral off course, and an increasingly exhausted Heaven struggles to clean up after him, Joshua discovers that immortality isn't a blessing. It's an administrative error. What to Expect: Dark Fantasy Comedy Mythology & Religion Historical Fantasy Time Travel Across History Gods, Angels & Demons Cosmic Bureaucracy Action & Adventure Gradually Increasing Stakes No Harem No LitRPG An Eight-Book Planned Series
Current
8/11/2026
Peak #33
2d
#5
7/3/2026
Peak #11
38d
#4
6/16/2026
Peak #9
17d
#3
6/8/2026
Peak #15
7d
#2
5/24/2026
Peak #24
15d
Rank updated 14 Aug 2026, 04:15 UTC
Entry forecast updated 14 Aug 2026, 04:15 UTC
Overall Rising Stars shadow rank
deep field · ~#4948 of 6,880 · 4898 below #50
By genre
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Mid-pack, room on both levers
Traffic and conversion both sit mid-field for a story this size. Growth here compounds from consistency: steady cadence feeds traffic, and a sharper hook lifts what each view is worth.
At this conversion, the Comedy Rising Stars bar (≈2 new followers/day) costs about 419 views/day — the story currently gets ~98.
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.