The Will of the Many Review
by Nas_Elsecaller · 22 things on Twos
- Author: James Islington
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- Worth my time: yes
- Worth a read-read: yes - definitely going to be re-reading this one! A book of the year candidate for me
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- Read version: ebook
- Published: 2023-05-23
- Categories: Epic Fantasy
- series: The Hierarchy, book 1
- Link:
- Notes:
- great opening to what will hopefully be a great fantasy series. This is going to be very hard to beat as my book of the year.
- Set in an Ancient Rome type world
- Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Best Fantasy (2023)
- Notable Excerpts:
- Remain a victim, or become a survivor.
- A fair system only works if there’s an unbiased means of assessing merit. When there is no pride or selfishness involved.” He gives a soft snort, shaking his head. “Which means that fair systems cannot exist where people are involved.”
- lessons about honour. About how it exists to provide a guideline for how to live, not how to die.
- It’s more of an insult. The rough translation is someone who could ‘brighten a room with their absence, or dazzle it with their corpse.’
- Awards:
- Aurealis Award Nominee for Best Fantasy Novel (2023)