Mino was born in a small village deep in the jungle. He loves the smells, the sounds, the magical diversity of the rainforest, where he hunts for butterflies every day, but at the same time he sees the forest being destroyed by multinational companies.

One day, however, henchmen of an oil company raze his village to the ground and slaughter his family. The boy is left alone and suddenly finds himself at the center of a huge rainforest tragedy. The thoughts of hatred and revenge overcome everything, and the "real" journey and mission of Mino Aquiles Portoguesa begins. He goes from being a survivor to a perpetrator, turning into a butterfly himself and flying out into the world, where he incites terror and terror by attacking the leaders of large companies in order to protect the rainforests - this is how he tries to open people's eyes and change their attitude towards nature. The Mariposa Movement is a provocative novel from the perspective of an eco-terrorist fighting for a noble cause.

Gert Nygardshaug's captivating work, published in 1989, is still painfully relevant today, and has been translated into countless languages. In 2007, it won the audience award for "the best Norwegian book of all time" at the Lillehammer Literature Festival and has sold more than 400,000 copies since its publication.