by Ray Lyter
The definitive sequel to Impact by Ray Lyter. Continuing from the last book, the Oligarts; a religious alien race with a living God of Strength wage war on humanity in search for a powerful being known as the Prophet. Meanwhile a lost Rhino from Delta stepped into the wrong role to face the Oligarts.
No streak history
One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.
Rank updated 6 Oct 2026, 03:18 UTC
Entry forecast updated 6 Oct 2026, 03:18 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
23%
Two or more lists
10%
Likely threshold order: Sci-fi → Action → Adventure → Main.
Leading bundle: Sci-fi (12%).
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
#2821 of 5,626 · 2771 below RS #50
By genre
beats 21% of similar stories
not enough data yet
beats 12% 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.
