Leo Painter is CEO of Earth Global, a large energy, mining, and real-estate development firm. At the behest of the State Department, he and a party of company executives travel to Botswana, a country rich in extractable resources that Leo-and the U.S. government-would love to access. Traveling with him are his stepson and his wife, a woman with a past and a predilection for trouble. Sekoa is a male lion who shares with many of his human enemies a form of HIV/AIDs. Weakened by the disease, he loses his place as the alpha male in his pride and now, dying and harassed by a pack of hyenas, seeks only a place to rest in peace. Painter is searching for a place where he can build his dream: a resort/casino on Botswana"s Chobe River. But while a maneater stalks the savannah, greed and ambition lead these players on a collision course as local police, a plucky female game ranger, hoteliers, and tribesmen vie over the spoils. Frederick Ramsay received his doctorate from the University of...