 After years of a strained marriage, Adam Merritt and his wife Alice have violently drifted apart. When the turbulence of their differences comes to a head, Adam must decide what is ultimately more important: the lives of his children, or the future of a highly destructive relationship. Explosively poignant and emotionally riveting, Mantis is a view into a world of familial disintegration, societal prejudice and a father s shocking and final attempt at redemption.