About Suffer the Children
Former U.S. Marine Master Sergeant Rebecca “Becky” Martinez thought she had escaped the battles of her past. After a devastating injury and a forced discharge from the Corps, she rebuilt her life as a trauma counselor in Seattle—helping others fight their demons while keeping her own tightly locked away.
But when one of her clients, a respected school principal, becomes ensnared in a ruthless online blackmail scheme, Becky is drawn into a new kind of war—one fought not with rifles and tactics, but with deception, shame, and digital manipulation. The predators are elusive, the victims are ordinary, and the damage is absolute.
As Becky crosses the line between professional duty and personal justice, her Marine instincts reawaken. Old ghosts from her deployments in Afghanistan and the Philippines resurface, blurring the boundaries between healer and soldier, compassion and vengeance. When the trail of exploitation leads her deep into a criminal network that thrives on human weakness, Becky must decide how far she’s willing to go to protect the innocent—and whether redemption can survive the return of the warrior within.
Gritty, intense, and deeply human, Suffer the Children is a psychological thriller about trauma, moral conflict, and the fine line between justice and obsession. William Edmonds weaves a story that spans continents and consciences, from the sweltering prisons of Manila to the rain-soaked streets of Seattle—exploring how the scars of war never truly fade, and how sometimes, the only way to heal is to fight back.
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