{"product_id":"the-will-of-the-many","title":"The Will of the Many","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Bell MT',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Aptos; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman \\(Body CS\\)'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eJames Islington. New. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Bell MT',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Aptos; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman \\(Body CS\\)'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eAUDI. VIDE. TACE.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Catenan Republic - the Hierarchy - may rule the world now, but they do not know everything.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI tell them my name is Vis Telimus. I tell them I was orphaned after a tragic accident three years ago, and that good fortune alone has led to my acceptance into their most prestigious school. I tell them that once I graduate, I will gladly join the rest of civilised society in allowing my strength, my drive and my focus - what they call Will - to be leeched away and added to the power of those above me, as millions already do. As all must eventually do.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI tell them that I belong, and they believe me.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut the truth is that I have been sent to the Academy to find answers. To solve a murder. To search for an ancient weapon. To uncover secrets that may tear the Republic apart.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd that I will never, ever cede my Will to the empire that executed my family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo survive, though, I will still have to rise through the Academy's ranks. I will have to smile, and make friends, and pretend to be one of them and\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e win. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBecause if I cannot, then those who want to control me, who know my real name, will no longer have any use for me.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd if the Hierarchy finds out who I truly am, they will kill me.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Books And Brew","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45483758387373,"sku":null,"price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/booksandbrew.net\/products\/the-will-of-the-many","provider":"Books And Brew","version":"1.0","type":"link"}