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by Lonjanis
“With the right cards and the life essence to fuel them, reality could be your plaything.” The son of a pair of local legends, seventeen-year-old Alabaster ‘Alley’ Roe has trained his whole life to survive in a world of mystic cards, impossible creatures, and mortal gods. Yet when he loses his family, his deck, and part of his mind in a single afternoon, Alley witnesses the unimaginable. Left with nothing but a burning desire for justice and understanding. He must gather his final ally and embark on an epic adventure to grow himself and his Cards enough to challenge fate itself. Books 1 & 2 Available on Amazon or as Audiobook What to Expect? -Deck building...by hunting giant monsters -Intense mystic battles with those decks -An MC with a ghost in his head -That ghost being the least of his problems -Buddy Comedy Style Action -Something I call 'Cozy Carnage' -Weak to Strong Progression that has weird and challenging requirements -A bladed Hook attached to an unbreakable chain New Chapters Thursdays and Mondays
No streak history
One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.
Rank updated 2 Oct 2026, 04:58 UTC
Entry forecast updated 2 Oct 2026, 04:58 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.
A confirmed Rising Stars eligibility removal excludes this story from the Shadow queue.
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Mid-pack, room on both levers
Traffic and conversion both sit mid-field for a story this size. Growth here compounds from consistency: steady cadence feeds traffic, and a sharper hook lifts what each view is worth.
Benchmarks: 8,060 active Royal Road stories, percentiles within the 20–49 chapters band, cohort of 2026-07-02. Conversion is measured as followers gained per 1,000 views over the recent window.
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