"Butterfly of Eden" is a novelette. Mariner Manchild's father has died. Mariner never knew his father; his mother never spoke about him. Mariner now must settle his father's estate. What he finds instead is a journal his father kept. What Mariner learns from the journal and the people he meets forever changes his life.

Charles Ynfante acquired a Ph.D. in history from Northern University Arizona in Flagstaff, Arizona. He was a Fellow at the United States Memorial Holocaust Museum in Washington, DC. He has authored numerous books of fiction. He was a participant in Hollywood motion pictures, television, and theater.