by Sasank N Patapati
The world ended in fire. It survived in ice. By 2200's, humanity has rebuilt beneath a frozen sky, guided by AI and genetic science. Beside them live the Ƶ-Muns. Quiet, strong and helpful beings who have always existed... or so everyone believes. When renowned geneticist Demaya uncovers evidence buried for centuries, she finds herself at the center of a truth capable of rewriting human history. Some experiments never fail. They simply continue
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, 15:48 UTC
Entry forecast updated 3 Oct 2026, 15:48 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: Mystery → Sci-fi → Main.
Leading bundle: Sci-fi + Mystery (9%).
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
#2025 of 12,348 · 1975 below RS #50
By genre
beats 26% of similar stories
not enough data yet
beats 80% of similar stories
Readers arrive, few stick
Traffic is strong, but conversion trails comparable stories. The usual suspects are the blurb, the cover and the opening chapters — fixing the hook multiplies everything the existing traffic brings.
Benchmarks: 8,060 active Royal Road stories, percentiles within the 2–4 chapters band, cohort of 2026-07-02. Conversion is measured as followers gained per 1,000 views lifetime.
