The Strength of the Few

A stunning new deluxe hardcover edition of the #1 New York Times bestseller, the second book in the Hierarchy series, from fantasy sensation James Islington.


Featuring full-color sprayed edges and endpapers, new and exclusive case artwork, a reversible jacket showcasing the original cover design, a full colour map, silver foil and a satin ribbon.

The Hierarchy still call me Vis Telimus. 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 w a y to stop the coming Cataclysm, because if all I have learned is true, I may be the only one who can.

PRAISE-

'Full of excitement, danger and mystery, this thrilling adventure leaves us gasping in anticipation of the next instalment.' Guardian

'The Will of the Many was a good book-a really, really good book-but The Strength of the Few is a great one.' GrimDark Magazine

'Bestseller Islington's brilliant middle volume of his Hierarchy trilogy clears the high bar set by the first installment...Evocative prose and nuanced ruminations on the nature of power and sacrifice enhance Islington's complex multiverse worldbuilding. Readers will be on the edge of their seats.' Publishers Weekly (starred review)

'Phenomenal! One of the best high fantasy novels I've read in years-think Red Rising meets The Name of the Wind. I couldn't put it down.' Lynette Noni on The Will of the Many

'A brilliant and gut-churning masterpiece.' Library Journal on The Will of the Many

'Cleverly intersperses the world and character building with bursts of action and intrigue which kept me gripped from beginning to end...A fabulously addictive read which I would recommend for lovers of epic fantasy.' Good Reading (4.5 stars) on The Will of the Many