
by Olai Basile
Len is determined to say no. His team has already been eliminated from the world's most prestigious tech competition and nearly expelled for breaking into a century-old magi carrier beached on the shore, a relic from the day humanity lost control of the world. Then Barbara, a junior with knowledge she has no business possessing, proposes an illegal way back into the competition. She refuses to explain why. Len says yes. He always says yes to Barbara. A century after the Takeover, daily life looks almost unchanged. There are schools, friendships, first crushes. But all real knowledge belongs to wizards, carefully dispensed through magi and watched over by observers. Len, Barbara, and Lina — a senior from a region where such knowledge is nearly forbidden — formed their tech club team as outsiders. What they and their friends are about to uncover was never meant for humans at all. And once they start pulling at it, there's no going back. A young adult science fiction/fantasy adventure with crossover appeal for readers who enjoy mystery, coming-of-age stories, and slow-burn romance.This submission contains the opening chapters of the novel. The complete novel is free to read with Kindle Unlimited: mybook.to/snake
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One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.
Rank updated 2 Oct 2026, 09:18 UTC
Entry forecast updated 2 Oct 2026, 09:18 UTC
Ranking model: rs-public-oracle-state-v1
Forecast model: rs-model-entry-v1
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Coupled 14-day outlook
rs-joint-entry-copula-v1
Any eligible RS entry
14%
Two or more lists
10%
Likely threshold order: Sci-fi → Mystery → Romance → Fantasy → Adventure → Main.
Leading bundle: Romance + Sci-fi + Mystery (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
#822 of 12,198 · 772 below RS #50
By genre
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