The Long way to truth

by Brian242002

Urban FantasyProgressionMale LeadMultiple LoversAction

Shadow rank ~1048–1172 in Action

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

View on Royal Road Evolution Set Alert

Changes shown for: last 7d

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Current Rank

N/A

Peak Rank

N/A

Followers

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 14 Aug 2026, 04:15 UTC

Entry forecast updated 14 Aug 2026, 04:15 UTC

Overall Rising Stars shadow rank

top ~22%±0

deep field · ~#1531 of 6,880 · 1481 below #50

Followers/day (7d)+0.4

vs #50 follower pace-67/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 2.5k 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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