We Will Stone Him – Book One of the Rising From The Ashes Trauma Memoir Trilogy

We Will Stone Him is a raw, unfiltered trauma memoir about surviving childhood abuse, emotional manipulation, and the lifelong wounds that follow. This true story marks the beginning of the Rising From The Ashes Trilogy, John Gambacorta and his survivor’s journey through trauma, resilience, and the fight to reclaim identity after years of psychological harm. 

Reminiscent of the book A Child Called It, this book, part of the Rising From The Ashes Trilogy, began as the author John Gambacorta's private attempt to understand the parts of his life that never made sense in the moment, the extreme abuse, the fractures, the shadows, the accusations that reshaped everything he thought he knew. What you will find here is not a dramatic retelling, but a quiet excavation. John Gambacorta wrote this memoir to reclaim his voice he lost along the way. 

This book is the most honest thing the author has ever created. Writing it forced the author to sit with parts of his past he spent years avoiding, and in doing so, he discovered a kind of clarity he did not expect. 

This memoir is not about blame or revenge. It is about survival, the cost of silence, and the slow, difficult work of reclaiming your own story. If it resonates with even one reader who has lived through their own quiet battles, then every page was worth writing.