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Title: Butterfly Potion

Author: Trent Zelazny

Narrator: Scott F. Feighner

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 9 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-15-14

Publisher: Trent Zelazny

Ratings: 1 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

Perry wakes up in an arroyo, hungover and unsure how he got there. His wallet and cell phone missing, he walks back to the last place he remembers being before he blacked out - the bar. Fueled by alcohol and a touch of companionship, Perry is determined to find out who rolled him, but standing in his way is an accident that happened six months earlier and the struggle his life has become since. In his search for the material things taken from him, he risks walking right past something far more precious: A new beginning.

This new novella by Zelazny is dark, gripping, emotional noir at its best!

Critic Reviews:

Butterfly Potion is both a disturbing and touching tale. If you've ever been in the gutter (literally or figuratively) you know this book speaks the truth. Like a mixture of Charles Bukowski and Dashiell Hammett, Trent Zelazny takes us down a road filled with mystery, danger, a gorgeous redhead, and booze lots of booze. (Sarah L. Covert, editor of She Never Slept)

Members Reviews:

Great Noir Piece

I don't know where to start. Great noir piece. If it weren't for the cell phones and the sports bar, I'd think I was reading a 1946 Chandler, only, BETTER. Trent has a way with language, and is a master storyteller. Love the underlying themes (I won't tell you what they are, you have to buy the book), and the terrific ending. The characters are phenomenal, so real you can feel them. Perry and Talia are people I've known. I'm certain of it. Do yourself a favor and spend a little money on this novella. I was disappointed that it wasn't longer. You need this for your library, I'm telling you! Beautiful book.

Let's Try to Dream

Perry got rolled last night during a blackout. He's looking for what he's lost, and that's more than his wallet and cell phone. He finds Talia; Talia finds him.

Reading Zelazny is like going on a drinking binge and waking in the gutter. But among the messy people in a sad, depressing world is existential philosophy cocooned in beautiful writing. Zelazny has a knack for turning phrases--not just on the page, but in your mind.

Along with despair, there is humor: "To Perry he looked like a kid who'd been picked on in school, which over time had given him the options of suicide, junkie, criminal, or law enforcement." Priceless.

In the end, there is satisfaction. And thankfully, some hope. All while the butterfly watches.

21st Century Noir

A really nice modern take on the noir genre. I especially liked the way that while in some sense very little is revealed about the characters, in another sense everything is revealed. The novella form is underappreciated, but is just right for this story--a short story would not have been enough, but in a novel there would have been a need for more back story or for a more extended conclusion.

Best not to know too much about the plot. Just read and enjoy. Looking forward to more from Trent Zelazny.

Gritty and entertaining

I guess Iâve been reading a lot of fantasy books because I kept waiting for the monster of mythos to appear, but it didnât. Instead it was all real, a gritty view into the main characters mind, and his shoes. I enjoyed how the story was paced, the interactions between each character and the reality of the behaviors. Glad I read this story, it was most definitely worth more than forty-five cents.