by Ghazel
A gentle, family-dependent boy is sent to a magical academy to learn independence—but when he befriends a spy, uncovers a conspiracy, and discovers a curse hidden inside his own sister, he must decide how much of himself he's willing to sacrifice to save the people he loves.
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, 14:38 UTC
Entry forecast updated 3 Oct 2026, 14:38 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
9%
Two or more lists
5%
Likely threshold order: Psychological → Mystery → Action → Fantasy → Main.
Leading bundle: Psychological (5%).
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
#6160 of 12,330 · 6110 below RS #50
By genre
beats 25% of similar stories
not enough data yet
beats 77% 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 10–19 chapters band, cohort of 2026-07-02. Conversion is measured as followers gained per 1,000 views over the recent window.
