by jressex
It is 1962, and the world is still recovering from nearly 40 years of all-out war. The British and Russian empires face off across the ruins of defeated Austro-Hungary in the east, and the desolate plains of North America to the west. Commander James Gleeson is relaxing as the luxury liner Brittanic returns from Mars to Earth, when his cruise is interrupted by the attack of a strange spacecraft. It seems that hidden in the clouds of Venus, an old enemy has been rebuilding its strength...
No streak history
One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.
Rank updated 5 Oct 2026, 02:38 UTC
Entry forecast updated 5 Oct 2026, 02:38 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
14%
Two or more lists
9%
Likely threshold order: Romance → Sci-fi → Adventure → Action → Main.
Leading bundle: Romance (4%).
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
#3968 of 12,346 · 3918 below RS #50
By genre
beats 95% of similar stories
not enough data yet
beats 31% 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.
