Hierarchy: The Will of the Many

Book one of James Islington's epic fantasy series, The Will of the Many. In a sprawling, Rome-inspired empire, citizens can be forced to surrender their personal Will, their vital essence and potential, to those above them in a strict social hierarchy. Vis Telimus, an orphan hiding a dangerous secret, infiltrates the empire's most prestigious academy, where he must survive the brutal politics of power, ambition, and rebellion without revealing who, and what, he really is. A richly imagined, intricately plotted epic fantasy that has become one of the genre's most acclaimed recent breakouts.