by A.T.Rivers
To win his father’s approval, he must destroy his secret ally. Lord Burkhard has spent his entire life in the shadow of a legend. His father Elmar, the wise and revered "Silver Dragon". Elmar has meticulously planned to avenge a decades-old defeat. Finally, he is ready to reconquer a wealthy city stolen by the King's ancestor. For Burkhard, it is the ultimate conflict. He wants nothing more than to win his father's approval and prove his worth as his heir. However, the price he has to pay is devastating. For years he cultivated a friendship with his cousin Krispin. A bond with huge potential for a powerful alliance in the future. But this war threatens to make all his efforts void, destroying a secret friendship he once held dear. Burkhard faces an impossible choice. He can win the war and lose himself, or he can stay true to his heart and lose his father's backing. As the two powerful houses clash, sinister omens hint that a much larger, darker game. One being played by a long-extinct organization. ----- What to expect: * Epic / High Fantasy: A vast universe filled with political power struggles and whispers of a looming foreign threat.* Tragic Rivals: Two cousins forced to become mortal enemies * Dark Secrets: An ancient organization emerging to pull the strings of fate from the shadows * Character Driven Plot: Deep focus on psychological development, growth, and difficult (sometimes morally gray) decisions ----- Release Schedule Updates: Every Tuesday and Friday. Book 1 (The Silver Dragon) is fully written and currently publishing. Additional volumes in production
No streak history
One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.
Rank updated 2 Oct 2026, 03:38 UTC
Entry forecast updated 2 Oct 2026, 03:38 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
12%
Two or more lists
3%
Likely threshold order: Historical → Romance → Fantasy → Main.
Leading bundle: Historical (9%).
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
#10939 of 12,407 · 10889 below RS #50
By genre
beats 81% of similar stories
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beats 59% 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 20–49 chapters band, cohort of 2026-07-02. Conversion is measured as followers gained per 1,000 views over the recent window.
