{"title":"Hierarchy Series","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"the-strength-of-the-few-james-islington","title":"The Strength of the Few","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis highly anticipated follow-up to\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Will of the Many\u003c\/i\u003e—one of 2023’s most lauded and bestselling fantasy novels—follows Vis as he grapples with a dangerous secret that could change the course of history across alternate dimensions.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOMNE TRIUM PERFECTUM.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Hierarchy still call me Vis Telimus. Still hail me as Catenicus. They still, as one, believe they know who I am.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut with all that has happened—with what I fear is coming—I am not sure it matters anymore.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI am no longer one. I won the Iudicium, and lost everything—and now, impossibly, the ancient device beyond the Labyrinth has replicated me across three separate worlds. A different version of myself in each of Obiteum, Luceum, and Res. Three different bodies, three different lives. I have to hide; fight; play politics. I have to train; trust; lie. I have to kill; heal; prove myself again, and again, and again.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI am loved, and hated, and entirely alone.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbove all, though, I need to find answers before it’s too late. To understand the nature of what has happened to me, and why.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI need to find a way to stop the coming Cataclysm, because if all I have learned is true, I may be the only one who can.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e--\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJames Islington\u003c\/strong\u003e was born and raised in southern Victoria, Australia. His influences growing up were the stories of Raymond E. Feist and Robert Jordan, but it wasn't until later, when he read Brandon Sanderson's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMistborn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e series - followed soon after by Patrick Rothfuss' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eName of the Wind\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e - that he was finally inspired to sit down and write something of his own. He now lives with his wife and two children on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"James Islington","offers":[{"title":"New - Hardcover","offer_id":50052502454589,"sku":"","price":48.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0709\/0831\/3917\/files\/81PkqgkFhaL._SL1500.jpg?v=1743029430"},{"product_id":"the-will-of-the-many-james-islington-1","title":"The Will of the Many","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAt the elite Catenan Academy, a young fugitive uncovers layered mysteries and world-changing secrets in this new fantasy series by internationally bestselling author of The Licanius Trilogy, James Islington.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAUDI. VIDE. TACE.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Catenan Republic – the Hierarchy – may rule the world now, but they do not know everything.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eI tell them my name is Vis Telimus. I tell them I was orphaned after a tragic accident three years ago, and that good fortune alone has led to my acceptance into their most prestigious school. I tell them that once I graduate, I will gladly join the rest of civilised society in allowing my strength, my drive and my focus – what they call Will – to be leeched away and added to the power of those above me, as millions already do. As all must eventually do.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eI tell them that I belong, and they believe me.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBut the truth is that I have been sent to the Academy to find answers. To solve a murder. To search for an ancient weapon. To uncover secrets that may tear the Republic apart.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAnd that I will never, ever cede my Will to the empire that executed my family.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTo survive, though, I will still have to rise through the Academy’s ranks. I will have to smile, and make friends, and pretend to be one of them and\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewin.\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBecause if I cannot, then those who want to control me, who know my real name, will no longer have any use for me.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAnd if the Hierarchy finds out who I truly am, they will kill me.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e--\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJames Islington\u003c\/strong\u003e was born and raised in southern Victoria, Australia. His influences growing up were the stories of Raymond E. 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