Death of a Butterfly by Margaret Maron

Death of a Butterfly by Margaret Maron

They told her she was broken. But what if the system was the one that needed fixing?

Mika wakes up in a sterile psychiatric ward, her identity fractured and her memories shrouded in fog. As doctors scribble labels and prescribe pills, Mika begins to sense a deeper betrayal-one that echoes across years of misdiagnosis, silencing, and institutional neglect. Un-GASLIT is a raw, haunting psychological drama that rips open the reality of what happens when a woman's trauma is pathologized instead of heard.

This is not just a story of survival-it's a reckoning.

With lyrical prose and unflinching emotional depth, Rauri Terrones delivers an intimate, immersive journey into the mind of a woman who refuses to be defined by clinical checklists or passive compliance. As Mika begins to question the validity of her treatment and the systems meant to help her, she finds herself in a battle for her own voice, her truth, and ultimately, her freedom.

If you've ever felt invisible in a room full of experts or questioned the label you were given-this book will feel like a mirror. Or a match.

A searing indictment of mental health institutions wrapped in a deeply personal story of reclamation. This book isn't just powerful-it's necessary.