Hierarchy

A hierarchy (from the Greek hierarchia, "rule of a high priest", from hierarkhes, "leader of sacred rites") is an arrangement of items (objects, names, values, categories, etc.) in which the items are represented as being "above," "below," or "at the same level as" one another.

A hierarchy can link entities either directly or indirectly, and either vertically or diagonally. The only direct links in a hierarchy, insofar as they are hierarchical, are to one's immediate superior or to one of one's subordinates, although a system that is largely hierarchical can also incorporate alternative hierarc
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The Will of the Many (Hierarchy, #1)
The Strength of the Few (Hierarchy, #2)
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The Justice of One
 
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James Islington
The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air, #1)
Hierarchy in the Forest: The Evolution of Egalitarian Behavior
The Selection (The Selection, #1)
Red Queen (Red Queen, #1)
Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)
Powerless (The Powerless Trilogy, #1)
My Happy Marriage, Vol. 1
The Queen of Nothing (The Folk of the Air, #3)
The Wicked King (The Folk of the Air, #2)
Divergent (Divergent, #1)
The One (The Selection, #3)
The Elite (The Selection, #2)

Yvonne Korshak
Temples are for the gods,” Thucydides said. “No city has the hubris to put her own citizens on a temple.” Phidias promised, “The Athenians will look like gods.
Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

George R.R. Martin
Enough gold to live like a lord, you said. What did you do with all that wealth?” Brown Ben laughed. “Fool boy that I was, I told a man I took to be my friend, and he told our serjeant, and my brothers-in-arms come and relieved me o’ that burden. Serjeant said I was too young, that I’d only waste it all on whores and such. He let me keep the jerkin, though.” He spat. “You don’t never want to trust a sellsword, m’lady.
George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons

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