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Neil MacAdam arrives in the tropics with the wide-eyed innocence of youth, eager to study butterflies and birds, convinced that science and integrity can guide him through the teeming strangeness of Borneo. But in the suffocating heat of Kuala Solor, he finds himself entangled not only in the jungle’s oppressive beauty but also in the domestic world of Angus Munro, the gentle curator he reveres, and Darya, Munro’s restless Russian wife—brilliant, sensual, and dangerously unpredictable. What begins as an idyll of discovery becomes a test of loyalty and temptation, as Neil’s candour collides with Darya’s hunger for passion and her disregard for consequence. Between the order of science and the chaos of desire, between gratitude and betrayal, the young naturalist is forced to confront the darkest truths about honour, weakness, and the destructive power of love.