The Long way to truth

by Brian242002

Urban FantasyProgressionMale LeadMultiple LoversAction

Shadow rank ~1015–1139 in Action↓305

Long Way to the TruthA single decision saves his homeland.Another changes his destiny.

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Changes shown for: last 30d

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Current Rank

N/A

Peak Rank

N/A

Followers

+11

Story Timeline

Started

4w ago

2d ago

Overview Engagement Prose Chapters

Ranking History

Track position changes over time

24h 7d 30d

Shadow RS Climb

Rank updated 13 Aug 2026, 04:15 UTC

Entry forecast updated 13 Aug 2026, 04:15 UTC

Overall Rising Stars shadow rank

top ~19%425

deep field · ~#1468 of 7,628 · 1418 below #50

Followers/day (7d)+0.3

vs #50 follower pace-73/wk

P(enter ≤14d)0%

By genre

Reader Funnel

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

Views

3.3k

3.3 follows / 1k viewslast 29d

beats 69% of similar stories

Followers

–

not enough data yet

Favorites

–

Traffic (last 29d)114 views/day

beats 82% of similar stories

Conversion trend

Steadyrecent 3.3/1k vs lifetime 3.3/1k

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.

At this conversion, the Action Rising Stars bar (≈8 new followers/day) costs about 2.4k views/day — the story currently gets ~114.

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.

Shoutouts

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