Thomas Edgar, a passionate butterfly collector, receives a tempting offer to go with a scientific expedition to Brazil, to the unknown regions of the Amazon. He hopes to fulfill his lifelong dream there - to discover a new species and name it after his wife Sophia. However, the dream remains a dream. Thomas returns from Brazil as a completely sick man. He is silent all the time, he is tormented by nightmares. Sofia suspects that something terrible happened to him in a distant exotic country...The novel “The Flight of the Butterflies” by Rachel King gained popularity in many countries and received several prestigious literary awards.