The Strength of the Few

By: James Islington

Published by Simon and Schuster, 2025-11-11

<b>Featuring a reversible book cover that matches the original hardcover art design, sprayed edges, and beautifully designed endpapers!</b><br><br><b>This highly anticipated follow-up to <i>The Will of the Many</i>—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.</b><b> </b><br><br><b>OMNE TRIUM PERFECTUM</b><br> <br>The Hierarchy still call me Vis Telimus. Still hail me as Catenicus. They still, as one, believe they know who I am.<br> <br>But with all that has happened—with what I fear is coming—I am not sure it matters anymore.<br> <br>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.<br> <br>I am loved, and hated, and entirely alone.<br> <br>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.<br> <br>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.