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The Butterfly Dragon

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Artwork: Amy Wong, Wendy Pusey, Ghastly, Brian Joseph Johns, Daz3D

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The Butterfly Dragon Books And Stories By Chronological Order


Here are the books and stories from the world of the Butterfly Dragon, in the order they occur in the Butterfly Dragon timeline. The dates indicated, are the dates the stories or books were actually written.


Here's the limited verbosity list of Butterfly Dragon books and stories:


The Butterfly Dragon I:  Heroes Of Our Own by Brian Joseph Johns



Three short stories, each with its own ode to the amazing and sometimes hidden ways that women affect our lives. These stories take place during the youth of the characters to whom you were introduced in The Butterfly Dragon I: Heroes Of Our Own.

The Post Treadwater Island Era: The Butterfly Dragon Short Fiction by Brian Joseph Johns





Non-Canon Book Drafts


The Butterfly Dragon II: What Different Eyes See by Brian Joseph Johns







The Butterfly Dragon II: What Different Eyes See - Special Addition - From Hanoi Through To The Ho Chi Minh Trail (This chapter was added after the book was written and is its own self contained storyline within What Different Eyes See and can be read by itself, or as part of What Different Eyes See)









The Western Delegation Era: The Butterfly Dragon Short Fiction by Brian Joseph Johns





The Butterfly Dragon III: The Two Dragons by Brian Joseph Johns

The Butterfly Dragon III - The Two Dragons Act I (Warning: Intended for a mature audience. Reader discretion is advised)

The Butterfly Dragon III - The Two Dragons Act II (Warning: Intended for a mature audience. Reader discretion is advised)

The Butterfly Dragon III - The Two Dragons Act III (Warning: Intended for a mature audience. Reader discretion is advised)

The Era Of The Gem: The Butterfly Dragon Serial Episodes by Brian Joseph Johns



The Butterfly Dragon: The Two Butterflies Storyline

The Butterfly Dragon: The Two Butterflies - Episode 01 (Start here for the introduction to all 3 subplots)

A short story that weaves the world of Monique Defleur, also known as the Eclipse, with the world of Shaela Sheowellyn, veteran of the Order Of The Night Wytch where the two find that working alone to hunt a missing criminal of the Night Wytch's Order, and to solve a mystery of their dreams might prove fatal, lest they learn the value of teamwork.





The Butterfly Dragon: We Who Stand On Guard Storyline




Other Storylines




Book I - The Butterfly Dragon I: Heroes Of Our Own


The Butterfly Dragon I: Heroes Of Our Own (May 2012)
by Brian Joseph Johns

Chapters below.

The book that started it all. The first half of this book was first published online in June of 2012 after I'd worked on it for about two months on my personal blog for viewer feedback (of which I got none) but I did get a lot of reads.

Two little girls, one from the East and the other from the West. One with a talent for art and fashion design and the other a scientific genius. One, a newcomer from the distant land of China and the other, a young girl local to Toronto, severely lacking in confidence and self esteem. The gifts that these two can share with one another will change their lives and may in turn save the world.

Prologue: Two Little Butterflies

Act I: The Genius And The Butterfly

Act II: Old Friends United

Act III: Island Of The Blackmail Empire

Act IV: Trouble In Paradise





Short Fiction - The Butterfly Dragon: Practice Makes Perfect


The Butterfly Dragon: Practice Makes Perfect (September 2013)
by Brian Joseph Johns

Alicia has come a long way since the showdown on Treadwater Island. She's comfortable both as the Lead Researcher at Tynan And Associates and as her alter ego, Night Style. A chided and frustrated man emerges to become a hidden threat to one of the city's public officials. Can Alicia stop him before its too late?










Short Fiction - The Butterfly Dragon: Valkyra's Deal


The Butterfly Dragon: Valkyra's Deal (September 2014)
by Brian Joseph Johns

Valerie Aspen in the wake of the events of The Butterfly Dragon I: Heroes Of Our Own must overcome the stigmas that had become a part of her own life through her prior association with Grier Torman. The business world sees her as one of Torman's former accessories. Can Valerie turn the tables or will she forever be known as Torman's ex-girl?




Short Fiction - The Butterfly Dragon: A Piano, A Full Glass And The Disappearance Of Time



The Butterfly Dragon: A Piano, A Full Glass And The Disappearance Of Time (August 2016)
by Brian Joseph Johns

Understanding the greatest mysteries of the universe is not about the answer one gets from a particular question, but in asking the right question, is it not?

For Alicia this mystery was not as much about the question itself, but about whom she's asked.

A tribute to two Toronto gems from the 1990s. Top O' The Senator and Montreal Bistro, both of which served up some of the best talent that Jazz music had to offer at the time. Also an admiring nod to the Physics and Science community, which makes up a good portion of their table talk, with a good measure of philosophy as an added dessert.




Book II - The Butterfly Dragon II: What Different Eyes See


by Brian Joseph Johns

Chapters below.

The SY-349 formula, now having passed most of its clinical trials, is on the brink of wide scale release to the medical world. In the press it is being called "The True Cure" for Cancer and a host of degenerative diseases and disorders. A miracle pharmacological drug. Nothing could be better for the future of Tynan And Associates except for the one thing that keeps both Alicia and Norler awake at night. 

How are the poor of the world and developing nations going to afford this miracle cure? Alicia and Norler come up with a plan approved by the United Nations which will reunite them with Heylyn Yates, Monique Defleur, Valerie Aspen, Zheng Ni Wong, Doctors Katya and Victor Piotr, the legendary Bryce Maxwell and Sociologist and Eastern Cultural Expert, Doctor Stephen Briggs. 

Together they will venture to the mysterious Far East of Asia on behalf of the West in attempt to build the bridge that nobody could, while other forces seek to sabotage their efforts as part of a dire plan.














The Butterfly Dragon II: What Different Eyes See - Special Addition - From Hanoi Through To The Ho Chi Minh Trail (This chapter was added after the book was written and is its own self contained storyline within What Different Eyes See)











Short Fiction - A Lady's Prerogative: The Pug Mandate



by Brian Joseph Johns

A crossover story featuring characters from A Lady's Prerogative and The Butterfly Dragon. When Mishima Sato has guest Nelony Ardbloem to his shop bearing gifts for his pet pug Happiu~isuka, the little pug goes missing. As luck would have it, two of the customers in Sato's shop just happen to be two superpowered women from the pages of the Butterfly Dragon. Action and comedy ensue when the two worlds meet and attempt to rescue Sato's pug.








Short Fiction - The Butterfly Dragon: The Rise And Fall Of Delaine Husha



by Brian Joseph Johns

A mystery tale that pits Heylyn against time and an old adversary. Two long time friends take their love of the club scene, electronic music and video to the next level when they start their own video news channel about those topics on MindSpice's video network and become targets of Torman's hostile takeover scam. 






























Short Fiction - The Butterfly Dragon: Mr. Wrong Or Right?


by Brian Joseph Johns

Upon Valerie having finally sold her Corporate Analysis business for a decent profit, she is quickly hired by another company for her business expertise, when an old friend shows up and changes everything.













Book III - The Butterfly Dragon III: The Two Dragons



Almost two and a half years after the events of What Different Eyes See, a new global threat to society is slowly revealing itself, as Heylyn, Monique and Alicia continue their lives. 

Heylyn and Monique are the only two who remain masked vigilantes, while Alicia and Valerie have all but hung up their tights in favour of settling down to lead normal lives.

The authorities close in on a serial murderer they've been hunting for nine years, while a mysterious new male vigilante has arrived in the city. Could he both be the saviour of the city, and the notorious serial killer, the Chameleon?

In the background, an ancient Eastern mystery that goes beyond the life span of the universe has suddenly revealed itself, as the two sides prepare to stand off against one another. Jinn Hua, Hoon Kwang Tiger and Morgan Hind, Heylyn's original instructors may be the only who know the answers that Heylyn needs to find the secret of the Gem. Yet, she's not the only one looking, for even the Butterfly Dragon has her own mirror reflection.



Inspectors Tricia and Halmand and Detective Farnham close in on the threat known as the Chameleon Killer, a serial murderer who has struck with uncanny cruelty eight times over the years, while Monique and Valerie attempt to come to grips with the responsibility Heylyn has laid upon them as the sole vigilante guardians of the city in her absence.

Alicia and Norler help Gregory, a young genius and inventor overcome a mysterious group trying to steal his greatest invention: a tool that may be the future of medical diagnostics.

Heylyn and Kori have gone to South Korea to find and rescue Warai, known as the mysterious Gem, she is said to be the key to a great mystery. Others though are seeking out the same little girl, and the mysterious Dragon Butterfly is amongst them.

The Dragon Man has shown up on the streets again, a mysterious vigilante himself that has rescued numerous citizens. He out at night in search of something that yet eludes him. Brandy, her world changed drastically since her being rescued by the Dragon Man, ventures into the unknown and finds herself in the middle of a universal battle of wits between two eternal foes.

All of these elements converge on a mysterious threat centered around the future of humanity. Can Butterfly Dragon, Eclipse, Night Style and Kyra with the help of some old friends overcome what's in store?


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