by Maya Robertson
Something dark is stirring at the heart of the British Empire. When three Members of Parliament vanish without a trace, Queen Victoria is forced to initiate a desperate investigation. Recruiting an unlikely duo - the street-wise Charles Dickens and the analytical Florence Nightingale, they soon discover more is afoot than a simple abduction. To uncover the truth, the trio must cross the boundary between the majestic London by Day and the sinister, supernatural underworld of London by Dark. Where the shadows twist, the vampires stir and the werewolves howl, a plot far more ancient and dangerous then any of them could have imagined begins to take shape. From the damp slums of Whitechapel to the opulence of Westminster, a conspiracy threatens to shake the monarchy to its core and bring the mighty British Empire to its knees.
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, 02:19 UTC
Entry forecast updated 2 Oct 2026, 02:19 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
12%
Two or more lists
8%
Likely threshold order: Satire → Historical → Adventure → Fantasy → Main.
Leading bundle: Satire + Historical (5%).
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
#9133 of 12,428 · 9083 below RS #50
By genre
beats 95% of similar stories
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beats 50% 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 10–19 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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