The Blood of the Butterfly

Humanity stands on the brink of annihilation as a terrifying swarm of colossal insects threatens to consume the world. The only force capable of holding back this apocalyptic tide is an elite cadre of superpowered individuals known as Butterflies. For Maehwa Baek, these extraordinary defenders have always been nothing more than distant figures of admiration, heroes he watches from the safety of his television screen. However, his ordinary life shatters when a devastating tragedy thrusts him directly into the hidden world of the scientists responsible for engineering humanity's last hope. Suddenly immersed in a dangerous reality far removed from his everyday existence, Maehwa is forced to face deeply unsettling mysteries buried within himself. He has long suppressed troubling questions about his own nature, particularly his violent and uncontrollable reactions whenever he sees his own blood. More disturbing still is the inexplicable void in his past—thirteen entire years of his life that remain completely absent from his memory. As the insect menace closes in and the secrets of the Butterflies unravel around him, Maehwa must confront the terrifying possibility that the answers to his forgotten history are intimately tied to the survival of the human race.