The Recurring Cast
Reading order · 2 books · 2023 to 2025 · Set in invented worlds

Hierarchy Books in Order

The Hierarchy is set in an empire much like ancient Rome, where citizens give up their willpower to those above them, and power flows to the top.

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Series facts

Books
2
Published
2023 to 2025
First book
The Will of the Many
Latest
The Strength of the Few (2025)
Setting
Set in invented worlds

The reading order

Every Hierarchy book in publication order. Choose a title for its cast and summary.

2 books · Set in invented worlds
  1. 1The Will of the Many2023With Vis TelimusVis Telimus, an orphan hiding his true identity, is adopted by a senator and sent to the Academy, an elite school in an empire where people give their will to those above them, to find out what its leaders are hiding.Buy on Amazon
  2. 2The Strength of the Few2025With Vis TelimusAfter the Academy, Vis Telimus finds himself living in more than one world at once, and must uncover the truth behind the Hierarchy.Buy on Amazon

Do you need to read them in order?

Read The Will of the Many first, then The Strength of the Few.

Who appears in which book

The series’ main characters, book by book. Lead means the book is told around them; minor covers cameos.

Who appears in each Hierarchy book
BookVis Telimus
1 The Will of the ManyLLead
2 The Strength of the FewLLead

Characters in the Hierarchy books

1 character from James Islington’s chart, with the number of Hierarchy books each appears in.

CharacterBooksFirst in this series
Vis TelimusOrphan hiding his true identity2The Will of the Many 2023