THE BUTTERFLY CREST is a contemporary epic fantasy centered on Greek Mythology, but with a multicultural, cross-pantheon twist that takes the reader on a journey from New Orleans to Japan, the Underworld, and beyond.

Follow Elena as she finds herself in the middle of a Greek myth and a war between gods, the heir to a curse that’s killed all the women in her bloodline. Can Thanatos, the god of Death, help her survive her deadly fate?

Between the shadows of the human world, a war as old as time is being fought. Ageless pantheons scheme to obtain or keep control, provoked by the weight of human belief which has altered the realm of the divine.

An ancient prophecy speaks of a human woman who will alter the course of this divine war, a descendant of a Great House mired in misfortune and blood, whose history was shaped by the cruelty of the gods.

On a day as unremarkable as any other, Elena Vicens, a young woman living a seemingly ordinary life, receives a letter about a deposit box belonging to her mother, nineteen years after her mother’s death. When this letter sends her on a journey halfway across the world from New Orleans to Japan, Elena unknowingly comes into possession of a cursed inheritance. She is suddenly thrust into a world of myths and legends, where the intangible and the strange are the fabric of everyday life, and deathless gods vie for victory at any cost.

As allies converge to help Elena fulfill the prophecy, one of whom is struggling with his own inheritance, Elena must choose for herself the measure of her own destiny.

It’s been seven weeks since Elena started her new life. Seven weeks since she woke up on the shores of the River Lethe, fulfilling Atropos’s song. Elena’s situation is unprecedented, and she quickly learns that her new lease on life brings with it a unique brand of challenges, all while she attempts to fulfill her role in a never-ending war.

And the Moirai know the Queen of Tartarus has waited long enough to win her war. To Livia Callas, Elena is simply a means to an end—a prophesied weapon she will use at any cost, regardless of what Elena needs or wants.

Yet Elena’s destiny was not the only thing Atropos predicted in her song. The white-haired Fate also sang of a Second Heir, and Tartarus must now gather its strength to find them—before Olympus does and the war is lost.

It is a race against time, and just as fortune seems to finally favor her, Elena realizes the Kirin is gone. Certain his fate is at risk because of her, Elena must journey across realms to save him.

Her path is fraught with dangers, and to succeed, Elena will need more than fortune or destiny on her side.

Fall 2025

Author. Attorney. New Orleanian. Lover of Cherry Ring Pops. Confirmed Japanophile. Dreamer. Sometimes Obsessive. Blunt to a Fault. Wishful-Thinker. Tea and Anime Compulsive. Diehard.

In the beginning of 2011, Eva Vanrell took a blind leap of faith to pursue what she loved most. The result of that journey was her debut novel, The Butterfly Crest.

She is currently working on Book Two of the series, The Blooming Netsuke, which is scheduled for release FALL 2025.

Eva currently lives in New Orleans with her husband, two cats and a Japanese maple.

The Butterfly Crest is an epic fantasy set in a world where the old myths are real, the gods are at war, and the women of a certain bloodline are hunted for sport. It contains all the wonder and brutality that comes with such a setting, which includes references to parental death, war, physical violence, murder, torture, poisoning, psychological and emotional abuse, attempted kidnapping and abduction, attempted rape, sexual assault, the occult, incest between gods, sexually explicit scenes, alcohol and graphic language.

Readers who may be sensitive to this type of content should take note.

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