Jeremiah Camp, a.k.a.theForecaster, canlook into the heart of humanity and see the patterns that create opportunities and profitsfor the rich and powerful.Problem is,Camp haslooked one too many times, has seen what he hadnt expected to see and has come away from the abyss with no hope for himself or forthefuture. So Jeremiah does what any intelligent, sensitiveperson would do. He runs away. Goes into hiding in a small town,atan old residential school onan even smaller Indian reserve with no phone, no Internet, no television. With the windows shut, the door locked, the mailbox removed to discourage any connectionwiththe world, he feels safe at last.Exceptnobody told the locals that they should leave Jeremiah alone.And thenhis past comes calling. AshLocken, head of theLockenGroup, the multinationalconsortiumthat Jeremiah has fled,arrives on his doorstep with a simple proposition.Shewantsour hero to formulateonemoreforecast,and shes not about to take no for an answer.Before he lefttheLockenempire, Jeremiah had put together a list of twelve names, every one a billionaire. The problem is the people on the list are dying at an alarming and unnatural rate. And AshLockenwants to know why.A sly and satirical look atthe fractures inmodern existence, Sufferance is a bold and provocative novel aboutthe socialand political consequences of the inequality created by privilege and powerandwhat we might do about it.