Demonized as he was after his death, the reign of King Ravana of Lanka and his ancestors, the powerful Mayurangas, has long been obscured and shrouded in myth. Their kingdom is believed to have reached beyond the shores of the island, capturing lands across the seas—a kingdom of that magnitude was never seen again on Lanka.

In a bid to shed light on this lost era, Sunela Jayewardene travelled extensively through Sri Lanka—listening to the storytellers and poets, researching the country’s folklore, and sifting through race and religion—to stitch together a history of a forgotten landscape.

This remarkable, vivid book is the story Sunela learnt of King Ravana and the kingdom he lost.