Predators

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 Illinois Westside Medical Campus. After a stint in the Army, he joined the faculty of the University of Maryland School of Medicine and served as an Associate Dean. In 1971 he was ordained an Episcopal priest. Now retired from full-time ministry, he lives in Arizona with his wife and partner, Susan. Predators is first in his newest series set in Botswana. www.frederickramsay.com