The Lion Of Shinar,
The Book of the Western Veil
The Cymroth were forged on the planes of Shinar.
Expected Release: 2026.
Paperback, ebook and audiobook formats.
The Lion of Shinar is a historical-mythic novel set in ancient Mesopotamia, around 4000 BC, during the raising of the towers of Babel.
This trailer introduces the founding story of the Cymroth, the first and only empire of Cymru. A civilisation born far from Wales, shaped by labour, exile, and memory, whose story survives through song, fragments, and hard-won tradition. The Cymroth are not conquerors in the usual sense.
They are builders, carriers, and witnesses. Their rise begins on the plains of Shinar, under the rule of Nimrod, where branded workers haul the weight of an empire stone by stone, and the road remembers every life spent upon it. This novel forms the opening chapter of The Book of the Western Veil, a long-form mythic history tracing the Cymroth from Babel to Cymru, from empire to inheritance. Narration, imagery, and music in this trailer draw directly from the prologue of the novel.
