The Hierarchy · #2

The Strength of the Few

James Islington

9.5 / 10
2 ratings

This highly anticipated follow-up to The Will of the Many—one of 2023’s most lauded and bestselling fantasy novels—follows Vis as he grapples with a dangerous secret that could unravel history across alternate dimensions.

OMNE TRIUM PERFECTUM

The Hierarchy still call me Vis Telimus. Still hail me as Catenicus. They still, as one, believe they know who I am.

But with all that has happened—with what I fear is coming—I am not sure it matters anymore.

I 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.

I am loved, and hated, and entirely alone.

Above all, though, I need to find answers before it’s too late. To understand the nature of what has happened to me, and why.

I 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.

Published
November 11, 2025
Where to find this book
External links open a book search at the selected retailer. Availability may vary.
Risingshadow

Book activity

  1. Simeoni
    rated this book 9/10
  2. Simeoni
    added this book to owned books
  3. Gonzague SC
    added this book to the wishlist
  4. Item202
    rated this book 10/10
  5. Darkki
    updated this book
  6. Levitara
    added this book to the reading list
  7. Oluwagbohunmi Isola
    added this book to the wishlist
  8. RationalMind
    added this book to the reading list
  9. added this book to the reading list
  10. anddns
    added this book to the wishlist
  11. Georgi
    added this book to the reading list
  12. Bradley Mansfield
    added this book to the reading list
  13. Bradley Mansfield
    added this book to the wishlist
  14. Hamrach
    added this book to the reading list
  15. Darkki
    added this book to the database