by basim akkam
Jack Joy Crow was born with black fire—an ability no one has ever truly understood. In a world where strength decides everything, Jack becomes a target of dangerous families, mafia forces, military fighters, and a hidden organization moving behind the scenes. But Jack is no longer alone. At his side are companions carrying their own powers, pasts, and reasons to fight. With every battle, they are drawn closer to stronger enemies, burning cities, and secrets capable of changing the world around them. Jack does not want to merely survive. He wants to become stronger. To uncover the truth behind his black fire. And to build a place no one can ever take from him. But the stronger Jack becomes, the more people rise to kill him—or claim his power for themselves. Can Jack survive in a world that fights him from every direction? Or will he one day become the king who forces that world to bow?
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, 05:49 UTC
Entry forecast updated 2 Oct 2026, 05:49 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
6%
Two or more lists
2%
Likely threshold order: Tragedy → Action → Adventure → Fantasy → Main.
Leading bundle: Tragedy (4%).
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
#8924 of 12,148 · 8874 below RS #50
By genre
beats 80% of similar stories
not enough data yet
beats 1% of similar stories
Hidden gem — exposure is the bottleneck
Readers who find this story follow it at a high rate; there just aren't enough of them. In our cohort data, near-daily posting lifted the odds of reaching 25 followers from ~0% to 17% — more chapters, shoutout swaps and ads buy the eyeballs this conversion deserves.
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.
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