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Of Kingdoms & Claws:A Dark Academia Special Edition Hardback

Name: Of Kingdoms & Claws:A Dark Academia Special Edition Hardback
Brand: A.K. Koonce
Rating: 4.4 (73 reviews)

Welcome to Death Riders Academy! Fall into the book tropes of romantasy, body guard romance, who did this to you, and so much yearning!

Created by A.K. Koonce · Launched Sep 8, 2026 · Closes Sep 25, 2026

Source: public Kickstarter page · all funding figures & images via KickstarterView on Kickstarter →

Raised

$10K

Goal $1K

Backers

73

1 data points

Funded

982%

Goal hit ✓

Time Left

17 days left

BackerLens analysis

🟢 Outperforming the Fiction category average. This project has hit 982% of its goal, while the average live Fiction project on Kickstarter sits at 218% (4.5× the category median).

Early Momentum: 99 / 100 — elite potential, flagged as a Kickstarter Staff Pick (a strong early-signal). Project is in its first 7 hours, so the score reflects funding-velocity-per-hour rather than 24h trend.

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99/ 100

Elite potential

Project is too new for 24h trend data. Score is based on funding velocity per hour, backer signups per hour, and staff-pick early signal.

Hours since launch7h

Funded so far982%

% per hour142.71%

Backers73

Staff pickYes

FORECAST

BETA

~$198K

Predicted to fund 19784% of goal

○ Low confidence (early)

How is this calculated? ›

BackerLens uses an empirical Kickstarter funding curve: ~30% of final pledged comes in days 1-3, ~70% by 85% of duration, then a final-week push to 100%. We divide current pledged by where the curve says we should be at this point in the campaign.

Project is in its first day or two — forecast is highly speculative and will tighten as more data comes in.

This is an experimental model. Don’t bet sourcing decisions on a single number — the funding curve cross-section is just a heuristic.

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