
by Keron
"I'm starting to think you're the scariest monster in here." - And that's just what her friends say about her. When Emily Coldstone discovers the lightning gem in the smouldering ruins of a crashed airship, her own fate, along with that of those she loves and those she hates, is sealed. Experimenting with the gem’s powers, Emily is awakened as a Mage and finds herself inducted into a secret world of magic by a mysterious entity, who sets her a task that will take her from the slums of her birth to war in the far reaches of space. For Emily is far more powerful than anyone could have imagined. Not only is Emily a Mage, she is a Mechanic; her talents combining to create a Technomancer, a being capable of building herself an indestructible body, an army of spell-flinging robots, and her very own time machine. The universe will know her wrath! What to expect: -A steampunk era starter planet with a secret magic society -A main character who will be broken down and rebuilt into a magical cyborg killing machine -A dash of physics -A squeeze of magic -A sprinkling of girl's love -And eventual space pirates! Cover art by @Jeroosama on instagram. I do own the commercial rights.
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Rank updated 13 Aug 2026, 04:15 UTC
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Overall Rising Stars shadow rank
deep field · ~#418 of 7,628 · 368 below #50
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Traffic and conversion are both strong for a story this size. Readers are finding it and sticking — if Rising Stars is the goal, this is the moment to push.
At this conversion, the Sci-fi Rising Stars bar (≈1 new followers/day) costs about 1.5k views/day — the story currently gets ~1.9k.
Benchmarks: 8,060 active Royal Road stories, percentiles within the 150+ chapters band, cohort of 2026-07-02. Conversion is measured as followers gained per 1,000 views over the recent window.