Evil Eats Good

by James Trivers

It may look like a paradise but actually it is a jungle where evil constantly eats good. It is all part of the food chain that dictates the feral law of the land. Platitudes is a posh rehab facility on the Caribbean island of Saint Augustine. Founded by one of rock’s greatest guitarist who not only wanted to give back, but, also, wanted to garner a generous tax write off. The center is overseen by an over-thinking and haunted ex-addict. Elliot is nearing his retirement and is clearly overwhelmed when his newest client, an opioid addict, is an ex-president’s 19-year-old son. This situation catapults Elliot into chipping codeine which ushers him into a duplicitous demise. He seeks a salvation that the Twelve Steps cannot provide. The intrigue revolving within the treatment center is the centrifuge of society. A dipsomaniac Russian scientist pontificates his nihilistic outlook to a coked-out communist who is the daughter of a capo of a Columbian cartel. She, in turn, is the domineering paramour to the ex-president’s son. The noose around Elliot’s neck only grows more taut by the Saint Augustine government dictating a field on the facility’s property be used as a depot to refuel prop planes transporting contraband. All this explodes in Elliot’s face when the ex-president comes to visit.

157 pages, Paperback

Published October 20, 2021