Alchemised
by SenLinYu
The war is over and Holdfast is dead, but Helena Marino, once a promising alchemist, is still being pressed about what she is protecting in her mind. A dark fantasy built around memory and survival after conflict.
Best for: Dark fantasy readers who like slow reveals.
Alchemised is #9 on BookWard's Rising chart for October 2026: the hottest new books published in the past two years.
What Alchemised is about
The war is over and Holdfast is dead. Helena Marino, once an alchemist, is now a prisoner whose powers have been suppressed and whose Resistance friends and allies were murdered. Paladia is run by corrupt guild families and necromancers whose undead creations helped them win. Resistance records call Helena a minor healer, but she cannot remember the months before her capture, and her enemies believe those memories hold a vital piece of the Resistance's final gambit.
So she is sent to the High Reeve, a powerful and ruthless necromancer, on his crumbling estate, to uncover the memories. SenLinYu's debut is a standalone dark fantasy with horror and gothic romance in its blood, published in 2025. It explores captivity, memory and survival after defeat, and suits readers who want a bleak, atmospheric world with high stakes.
Why Alchemised is on the Rising chart
Its Wikipedia page had 18,912 views last month; 272 readers have shelved it on Open Library since 2025. The Rising score blends six public signals, each scored from 0 to 100 against the other new books and weighted as shown.
| Signal | This book | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Reader pace | 79 | 28% |
| Buzz | 83 | 24% |
| Growth | 10 | 18% |
| Being read right now | 77 | 12% |
| Reader love | 21 | 10% |
| Newness | 79 | 8% |
Holding strong Wikipedia attention is steady (within -20% to +25% of the two months before).
The numbers behind it
- Wikipedia: 18,912 page views last month, against an average of 21,596 in the two months before (down 12%). Read the article.
- Open Library readers: 250 want to read, 10 reading now, 12 have read it.
- Ratings: 3.63 out of 5 from 8 Open Library ratings.
Alchemised on the Rising chart: history
First on the chart this month. The history grows with every monthly update.
| Month | Rank | Score |
|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | #9 | 62 |
Questions about Alchemised
Is Alchemised a new book?
Yes. Alchemised by SenLinYu was first published in 2025, and BookWard's Rising chart only includes books published in the past two years.
Why is Alchemised on the Rising chart?
Its Wikipedia page had 18,912 views last month; 272 readers have shelved it on Open Library since 2025.
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How we know
This page uses public data: Open Library reader counts and ratings, and Wikipedia page views. The description is paraphrased from real source text (Open Library or Wikipedia). A book is on the Rising chart only if it was published in 2025 or 2026 and its readers are active and its interest is not falling. Rankings reflect reading interest, not quality or sales. Read the full methodology.
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