Elvis in the Morning is a chronicle, sort of a Reader's Digest condensed version of Elvis' life from 1958 on with large, large chunks left out. It adds the fictional friend, Orson Killare who, after meeting Elvis in Germany and introducing him to Priscilla, becomes his telephone buddy. He only meets Elvis a few times, on one occasion he advises him to stop making bad movies and get back to performing for his fans. Soon after, Elvis does the TV special. Orson becomes a silicon valley genius and a cocaine addict, kicks the habit and this sets him up to be the person Colonel picks to try to get Elvis into recovery. It doesn't work and Elvis dies.On the positive side, the book is factually accurate, particularly in the understanding of Elvis' addiction. It doesn't glamorize cries for attention such as giving away Cadillacs.It is a book which didn't need to be written, it shed no new light on the well known Elvis story.