The Strength of the Few (Hierarchy)

By James Islington

INSTANT #1 New York Times bestseller! This USA TODAY and international bestseller features a reversible book cover that matches the original hardcover art design, and beautifully designed endpapers. The #1 New York Times bestselling epic fantasy follow-up to The Will of the Many, expanding the world of The Heirarchy series as Vis grapples with a dangerous secret that could unravel history across alternate dimensions. Book two of The Hierarchy series. Now with an all-new introductory bridge short story between books one and two. 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.

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Published Nov 11, 2025

736 pages

Average rating: 7.92

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IdleExpatter
4/10 stars
Pretty disappointing after The Will of the Many. The structure of the book is jumpy, the characters are paper thin, the pacing is off, the off-screen plot development is chaotic and can be extremely confusing...the whole thing is, to be honest, sort of a mess. I'm invested enough in the overall story to remain curious about the next one (presumably closing off a trilogy), but this was a pretty notable degradation in quality. Such a shame.
Redmonhannah16
10/10 stars
So so many tears were shed... Absolute love