by Trkwbat
Deep within him burned something that refused to submit—a talent that could change his fate, and a mysterious pendant bearing a secret far deeper than he could ever imagine. It all began with a simple longing: freedom. Yet, the path toward it was nothing like he had envisioned. The moment Ali set out to find a way beyond his servitude, he found himself enticed into secrets far greater than his captivity and older than life itself. Mysterious conflicts between powers and civilizations dragged him into the fray, placing him at the very heart of events that could reshape the entire world. From a slave attempting to break his chains... To a pivotal figure standing at the center of a clash of civilizations. In a world that shows no mercy to the weak, he must uncover the truth: Can he truly forge his own destiny, or was his fate too immense to ever escape? *** *My very first novel—I hope you enjoy it! Thank you all!* 😁
No streak history
One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.
Rank updated 3 Oct 2026, 22:18 UTC
Entry forecast updated 3 Oct 2026, 22:18 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
19%
Two or more lists
12%
Likely threshold order: Historical → Comedy → Fantasy → Main.
Leading bundle: Historical + Comedy (10%).
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
#1133 of 12,465 · 1083 below RS #50
By genre
beats 21% of similar stories
not enough data yet
beats 34% of similar stories
Both levers trail the field
Traffic and conversion are both below comparable stories. Cadence is the first lever — stories posting near-daily reached 25 followers 17% of the time; stories posting every few days almost never did. Get the flow going, then re-check conversion.
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.
