by Gato4223
Heather is balancing a difficult life, college and taking care of her sister has taken a large mental toll on her. Unfortunately for Heather and the world at large life is about to get a whole lot harder. The world is thrown into chaos when a zombie virus spreads through the population. The world quickly seems like it is at the brink of collapse, however there is one spark of hope. People have suddenly begun to obtain strange and magical abilities. Will Heather be able to protect her sibling and found family from the horde with this new found power or will the power become a problem all on its own.
No streak history
One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.
Rank updated 8 Oct 2026, 02:58 UTC
Entry forecast updated 8 Oct 2026, 02:58 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
17%
Two or more lists
3%
Likely threshold order: Horror → Fantasy → Adventure → Action → Main.
Leading bundle: Horror (14%).
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
#1102 of 4,258 · 1052 below RS #50
By genre
beats 87% of similar stories
not enough data yet
beats 19% 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 5–9 chapters band, cohort of 2026-07-02. Conversion is measured as followers gained per 1,000 views lifetime.
