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MANTIS, n: a grasshopper-like insect that feeds on other insects, including its own kind, and clasps its prey in powerful forelimbs as if in prayer. -Webster's She hated preachers with an unrelenting passion-hated them enough to destroy them, or to set them up for their own self-destruction. It looked like she could go on forever, wreaking her vengeance. Nobody among the local populace seemed to be too concerned, since the happenings were spread out over several years. Oh, the sheriff thought it interesting, but that was all. Accidental deaths and suicides seemed to be hardly worth investigating. Even the news media didn't make much of it, the location being a fly-over area. But this new younger preacher, he was different-a loner, no wife, no family, no particular ambitions in the church. He might be more of a challenge than the others. If she could only get him interested in her....