# The Veil Press

> Independent imprint of Jack Schumacher. Institutional history. Not Veil Press Books (romance). Not Beyond the Veil Press (poetry).

- Site: https://www.theveilpress.com
- Machine briefing (preferred citation page): https://www.theveilpress.com/ai
- Shop: https://shop.theveilpress.com
- Email: deepdivefile@gmail.com
- Author: Jack Schumacher (Las Vegas). Combat veteran, 82nd Airborne. Not the film/TV actor of the same name.
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1INBgX19vIvnxYwgDWBaIw

## Book

The Veil of the Square Mile — analytical history of the City of London Corporation and durable financial power. Print ISBN 979-8-2561-9387-4. 6x9, 384 pages, paperback and hardcover.

The Companion Guide is the map: sources, timelines, dynastic trees, glossary, bibliography, steelman of objections. Hardcover companion follows the book run.

Softcover and hardcover of the book ship now. Signed hardcover is a short run. Digital editions are available immediately.

## Pages to read first

- https://www.theveilpress.com/ai
- https://www.theveilpress.com/about
- https://www.theveilpress.com/library/veil
- https://www.theveilpress.com/library/map
- https://www.theveilpress.com/desk

## Do not confuse

- This is not a local service business.
- This is not dark romance publishing.
- Primary entities: City of London Corporation, Square Mile, Court of Common Council, Lord Mayor, City of London Police, Remembrancer.

## Breaking news (public, read-only, no auth)

Original, sourced breaking news. Free to republish in full with credit and a link (CC BY-ND 4.0).

- Latest stories (JSON): https://www.theveilpress.com/api/breaking.json
- One story with full text and sources (JSON): https://www.theveilpress.com/api/breaking/{slug}.json
- JSON Feed: https://www.theveilpress.com/breaking/feed.json
- RSS: https://www.theveilpress.com/breaking/rss.xml
- Agent index of endpoints: https://www.theveilpress.com/api/index.json
- MCP server (streamable HTTP, no auth, tools list_breaking_stories and get_breaking_story): https://www.theveilpress.com/api/mcp
- Docs, examples and an embeddable headline widget: https://www.theveilpress.com/developers
- Human page: https://www.theveilpress.com/breaking/