The Sound of Butterfly Wings

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The Sound of Butterfly Wings

Mississippi, 1933. In the slow heat of summer, the quiet flutter of butterfly wings is heard behind the Country Store, a small refuge where sixteen-year-old Billy Barnes works his part-time job between school lessons. But on the backroads and in the shadows, another rhythm beats, engines growling, whispered deals, and men who smile while carrying guns.

At first the store seems untouched, a safe corner of a hard world during a difficult time. In a town still clawing through the Great Depression, everyone is hungry, for money, for power, for escape, and innocence is the first thing to die.

Billy finds himself standing guard, caught between crooked lawmen, ruthless criminals, and the gathering storm of a county’s secrets.

Tense, atmospheric, and shot through with moral stakes, The Sounds of Butterfly Wings is a story of loyalty, courage, and survival in a time and place where even the smallest act of defiance can change everything. The only peaceful legacy is the sight of Monarch butterflies who visit each year.

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