When They Burned the Butterfly, page 47
CONTENTS
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Dedication
Epigraphs
Chapter One. Devotions
Chapter Two. Dressing for the Age
Chapter Three. the White Orchid
Chapter Four. Ang Hor Tiap
Chapter Five. the White Man Pays Respects
Chapter Six. the Legend of Gertrude Khong
Chapter Seven. Jenny’s Girls
Chapter Eight. Oil and Steel
Chapter Nine. When the Red Lights Sleep
Chapter Ten. Queens, Soldiers, and Crocodiles
Chapter Eleven. the Oldest Religion in the World
Chapter Twelve. Unjealous Gods
Chapter Thirteen. the Long Night
Chapter Fourteen. Street of the Dead
Chapter Fifteen. The Horse’s Mouth
Chapter Sixteen. Homecoming
Chapter Seventeen. Skin in the Game
Chapter Eighteen. Pei Pa Zai
Chapter Nineteen. Discontent
Chapter Twenty. Madam Butterfly
Chapter Twenty-One. Intimate Confessions
Chapter Twenty-Two. the Name of the Father
Chapter Twenty-Three. Blood of the Butterfly
Chapter Twenty-Four. the Hangar and the Summit
Chapter Twenty-Five. House of the Blackhill
Chapter Twenty-Six. Heart of Steel
Chapter Twenty-Seven. in Bed With Gods
Chapter Twenty-Eight. The River’s Green Eyes
Chapter Twenty-Nine. On the Market for Thieves
Chapter Thirty. a Myth in the Palm of Your Hand
Chapter Thirty-One. Treaty
Chapter Thirty-Two. What Dreams May Come
Chapter Thirty-Three. Brother-In-Arms
Chapter Thirty-Four. Shifting Faces, Shaping Bones
Chapter Thirty-Five. Children of the Nanyang
Chapter Thirty-Six. Bones Trade Butterflies
Chapter Thirty-Seven. Shrine To Broken Girls
Chapter Thirty-Eight. and There I Was
Chapter Thirty-Nine. Red Sky Descending
Chapter Forty. Burn Red Butterfly
Author’s Note
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Copyright
This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
WHEN THEY BURNED THE BUTTERFLY
Copyright © 2025 by Wen-yi Lee
All rights reserved.
The Wisdom of Laotse reproduced with permission of Curtis Brown Group Ltd, London on behalf of The Estate of Lin Yutang. Copyright © Lin Yutang
Cover illustration by Carissa Susilo
Cover design by Esther S. Kim
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Title Page
Copyright Notice
Dedication
Epigraphs
Chapter One. Devotions
Chapter Two. Dressing for the Age
Chapter Three. the White Orchid
Chapter Four. Ang Hor Tiap
Chapter Five. the White Man Pays Respects
Chapter Six. the Legend of Gertrude Khong
Chapter Seven. Jenny’s Girls
Chapter Eight. Oil and Steel
Chapter Nine. When the Red Lights Sleep
Chapter Ten. Queens, Soldiers, and Crocodiles
Chapter Eleven. the Oldest Religion in the World
Chapter Twelve. Unjealous Gods
Chapter Thirteen. the Long Night
Chapter Fourteen. Street of the Dead
Chapter Fifteen. The Horse’s Mouth
Chapter Sixteen. Homecoming
Chapter Seventeen. Skin in the Game
Chapter Eighteen. Pei Pa Zai
Chapter Nineteen. Discontent
Chapter Twenty. Madam Butterfly
Chapter Twenty-One. Intimate Confessions
Chapter Twenty-Two. the Name of the Father
Chapter Twenty-Three. Blood of the Butterfly
Chapter Twenty-Four. the Hangar and the Summit
Chapter Twenty-Five. House of the Blackhill
Chapter Twenty-Six. Heart of Steel
Chapter Twenty-Seven. in Bed With Gods
Chapter Twenty-Eight. The River’s Green Eyes
Chapter Twenty-Nine. On the Market for Thieves
Chapter Thirty. a Myth in the Palm of Your Hand
Chapter Thirty-One. Treaty
Chapter Thirty-Two. What Dreams May Come
Chapter Thirty-Three. Brother-In-Arms
Chapter Thirty-Four. Shifting Faces, Shaping Bones
Chapter Thirty-Five. Children of the Nanyang
Chapter Thirty-Six. Bones Trade Butterflies
Chapter Thirty-Seven. Shrine To Broken Girls
Chapter Thirty-Eight. and There I Was
Chapter Thirty-Nine. Red Sky Descending
Chapter Forty. Burn Red Butterfly
Author’s Note
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Copyright
This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
WHEN THEY BURNED THE BUTTERFLY
Copyright © 2025 by Wen-yi Lee
All rights reserved.
The Wisdom of Laotse reproduced with permission of Curtis Brown Group Ltd, London on behalf of The Estate of Lin Yutang. Copyright © Lin Yutang
Cover illustration by Carissa Susilo
Cover design by Esther S. Kim
A Tor Book
Published by Tom Doherty Associates / Tor Publishing Group
120 Broadway
New York, NY 10271
www.torpublishinggroup.com
Tor® is a registered trademark of Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC.
The Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available upon request.
ISBN 978-1-250-36945-1 (hardcover)
ISBN 978-1-250-36946-8 (ebook)
eISBN 9781250369468
The publisher of this ebook does not authorize the use or reproduction of any part of this ebook in any manner for the purpose of training artificial intelligence technologies or systems. The publisher of this ebook expressly reserves this ebook from the Text and Data Mining exception in accordance with Article 4(3) of the European Union Digital Single Market Directive 2019/790.
Our ebooks may be purchased in bulk for promotional, business, educational, and specialty retail/wholesale use. Please contact MacmillanSpecialMarkets@macmillan.com.
First Edition: 2025
Wen-yi Lee, When They Burned the Butterfly
