Blue Butterfly: Noire

By Eugene Ward

I want you to smile always...

With those six words, Kawaguchi Sumiko's life is about to take a turn for the deadly.

Having violently lost her parents as a child, growing up facing her aunt's wrath, the constant threat of bullying and abuse in her small town in Gifu, and myriad hardships along the way, the young South African and Japanese Sumiko thought her life was finally reaching equilibrium after moving to Fussa on her own and starting over again. The elders in the apartment complex care for her, she manages to graduate from her academy early, and all that remains is one final exhibition for her kendo club at her school's festival before a world of possibility unfolds before her eyes.

At least, that was the plan. But, when the mysterious Hachi-san appears garbed in black bearing the mark of a killing hornet and promising a countdown to bliss, Sumiko soon finds herself caught in the center of a series of terror attacks, kidnappings, and more. Will Sumiko and her friends survive the ordeals to come? And more than that, will Sumiko be able to survive the mysterious ties that bind her to Hachi-san's obsession?

Soon and very soon,
the malice of the world and those who revel in it will be...
eradicated.
Five days till bliss...

Hugs and kisses,
Hachi.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0CV862CFP
• ISBN13: 9798878929769
• Release Date: February 2024
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 540 Pages
• Weight: 1.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"