As a part of a endless quest to search out the following hottest factor, Sony Footage is able to open its pockets for James Islington’s Hierarchy fantasy guide collection. The studio moved on to accumulate the rights to Islington’s books shortly after the second installment, The Energy of the Few, debuted at No. 1 on the New York Occasions best-seller checklist following its November 11 U.S. launch from Simon & Schuster’s division, Saga Press.
Set in a Roman Empire-style civilization however infused with magic, the Hierarchy collection follows Vis, a younger man hiding a life-threatening secret, as he’s pressured to analyze a demise whereas additionally infiltrating the omnipotent regime that feeds on the psychological and bodily vitality, dubbed the Will, of the plenty. (by way of THR)
Right here’s a synopsis for the primary novel in Islington’s Hierarchy collection, courtesy of Amazon:
On the elite Catenan Academy, a younger fugitive uncovers layered mysteries and world-changing secrets and techniques on this “brilliant and gut-churning masterpiece” (Library Journal, starred overview) by the internationally bestselling writer of The Licanius Trilogy, James Islington.
The Catenan Republic—the Hierarchy—could rule the world now, however they have no idea every thing.
I inform them my identify is Vis Telimus. I inform them I used to be orphaned after a tragic accident three years in the past, and that luck alone has led to my acceptance into their most prestigious faculty. I inform them that when I graduate, I’ll gladly be part of the remainder of civilized society in permitting my energy, my drive, and my focus—what they name Will—to be leeched away and added to the ability of these above me, as tens of millions already do. As all should ultimately do.
I inform them that I belong, they usually consider me.
However the fact is that I’ve been despatched to the Academy to search out solutions. To unravel a homicide. To seek for an historic weapon. To uncover secrets and techniques which will tear the Republic aside.
And that I’ll by no means, ever cede my Will to the empire that executed my household.
To outlive although, I’ll nonetheless should rise by means of the Academy’s ranks. I must smile, and make buddies, and fake to be certainly one of them, and win. As a result of if I can’t, then those that need to management me, who know my actual identify, will now not have any use for me.
And if the Hierarchy finds out who I really am, they may kill me.
No filmmaker or producer is at the moment hooked up to the newly introduced challenge. Hailing from Australia, Islington drew crowds due to his The Licanius Trilogy. Like many authors who consider of their imaginative and prescient, Islington self-published the primary guide within the trilogy, The Shadow of What Was Misplaced, earlier than touchdown a deal to print the second and third chapters.
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