by KaiJin001
There's a bomb sewn into Ryan Hermes's body — and the bandit gang holding him prisoner is the only reason it hasn't gone off. For a year, he survives by playing the fool. Then he escapes. But freedom means walking straight into imperial conspiracies, rival bloodlines, and a dead baron's dangerous legacy. With a mysterious AI Core, sharp medical instincts, and nothing but bad luck on his side, Ryan has to navigate a fog-shrouded world of steam and iron — where the strong prey on the weak, and worse things than monsters hide in the mist.
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, 23:28 UTC
Entry forecast updated 2 Oct 2026, 23:28 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
4%
Two or more lists
2%
Likely threshold order: Sci-fi → Action → Adventure → Fantasy → Main.
Leading bundle: Sci-fi (2%).
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
#9892 of 12,433 · 9842 below RS #50
By genre
beats 49% of similar stories
not enough data yet
beats 33% 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 50–149 chapters band, cohort of 2026-07-02. Conversion is measured as followers gained per 1,000 views over the recent window.
