Monster's Palace, Jim Scott Books #26, introduces a new hero, Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer Clyde Feegle, a Navy SEAL. Clyde and two other Military personnel (one Army, one Marine) form a unit working with the CIA to find and eliminate al-Qaida (and other terrorists) trying to get more involved in the international drugs trade. They zero in on one very large international drug operation, with no idea who is running the operation…they set out to discover who. Their task is complicated by attempts on Clyde's life, authorized by an irate second in command of the drug group, who loses a relative in the first operation of the book. For readers of my other books, we also have some old friends lending a hand.

Forbidden fruit often has adverse outcomes, as is the case in this book. The leaders of the international drug operation in this book venture far afield from the norm, with tragic results, as their depravity ultimately causes them, or at least one of them, much pain. Meanwhile, some of those working to dethrone those leaders, have their own awkward relationships, but one out of left field relationship just happens, with a happy ending.