
by Yankee Denk
America broke apart in 2012. Eighteen years later, Louis Collins, the son of the Supreme President of the Dominion of the Pacific, is about to embark on an unexpected journey across postwar North America, a continent filled with militaristic republics, fanatical theocracies, and communist warlords. At twenty, he already has everything the world can offer: beauty, money, fame, and privilege. Yet when the world strips everything away from him, what is left of Louis Collins? This is a harem romance, an exploration of the post-American world, and a story about people choosing each other. What to expect: A male-POV political adventure with heavy romance as its copilot Complex and flawed characters Story progression driven by dialogue A safe journey at the beginning that becomes increasingly dangerous over time Direct depictions of sex and violence A progression from a traditional M/F romance to the founding of a harem family Rival regimes with distinct cultures and ideologies A realistic near-future world What NOT to expect: A system or stats Conventional wasteland survival Supernatural elements
#18
8/16/2026
Peak #50
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#17
8/16/2026
Peak #50
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#16
8/15/2026
Peak #50
0d
#15
8/15/2026
Peak #48
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#14
8/15/2026
Peak #50
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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, 05:28 UTC
Entry forecast updated 2 Oct 2026, 05:28 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
27%
Two or more lists
3%
Likely threshold order: Drama → Romance → Adventure → Main.
Leading bundle: Drama (24%).
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
#4829 of 12,145 · 4779 below RS #50
By genre
beats 68% of similar stories
beats 46% of similar stories
beats 61% of similar stories
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.
Benchmarks: 8,060 active Royal Road stories, percentiles within the 150+ chapters band, cohort of 2026-07-02. Conversion is measured as followers gained per 1,000 views over the recent window.