Sandra Harriman, married, betrayed and widowed all within three months, finds herself battling to protect her step-children’s inheritance, a vast wildlife project in Kenya.
An antlion is an insect that creates mini volcano like craters of finely sifted sand into which ants fall and are unable to escape. The antlion then drags its prey below the surface with its lethal pincers.
Widow, Sandra Harriman feels like an ant in one of these traps as she fights to protect the Wildlife Conservation Scheme left in her care for her two step-children. Nothing in her previous life, not even her brief marriage to their father, Nick, has equipped her for the role of mother and estate manager. Not only does she have to struggle to keep control of their inheritance, she has to deal with armed gangs, poachers and a murderer on the ranch.
Nick’s past is a mystery. Why did he shoot Martin, his neighbour, two years earlier? Why has Rory inherited the use of a house on the property? What hold did Nick have over the other land owners in the Conservation Scheme, particularly with Beverley, who she caught in husband’s bed before their honeymoon was over? Sandra seeks answers to these questions to know who she can trust.