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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Author Bio:
I am a physician, artist, and novelist whose work is rooted in resilience, identity, and the ways people navigate fractured systems.
For forty years, I practiced medicine as a General Practitioner in rural British Columbia. Today, I divide my time between Canada and the remote province of Masbate in the Philippines, where I live with my Filipina wife. This cross-cultural life shapes both my art and writing, grounding them in lived authenticity.
Before turning to fiction, I had a successful art career, exhibiting widely across Western Canada. My series Talking to Strangers explored anonymity, deception, and the fragile truths we construct in the digital age. My paintings—layered, textured, and often confrontational—invite viewers to question perception and identity.
My latest novel, Suffer the Children, is a deeply human story of survival, faith, and resilience set across Canada and the Philippines. It asks what it means to endure hardship while holding onto hope