Palace Council is a political thriller covering the two decades of the 60's or to be more precise 1954-1974, this book manages to include many of the prominent personalities of the time. 

It involves a mysterious secret society, the murder of a prominent lawyer and a sister involved in terrorist activities.  The book  takes a shot gun approach to evidence.  By the time all the shot is found the author must struggle to pull out a conclusion. 

A talented writer whose first novel,"The  Emperor of Ocean Park" received well deserved praise achieves another electrical  portrait of  our country.  Especially astute in his view of  well educated African American professionals, Mr. Carter  opens a window into this world for the rest of us.  He manipulates history and combines the the Harlem Society of the  1940's and 1950's with the world in which his protagonist, Eddie Wesley, moves.

This book achieves a facinating and human portrait of Richard Nixon.  It actually manages to  make him real, sympathetic and yet pathetic at the same time. 

At the end of the book the author unashamedly confesses his manipulation of history. But the reader doesn't mind because the journey has been enlightening.