In 2017, although suffering from recurring bouts of serious illness, Palter used Final Sword Productions to publish his alternate history novel, "The Reich Without Hitler: The Falcons of Malta", set in a world where in June 1940, Hitler dies accidentally while returning to Berlin after signing the Armistice with France at Compiègne. The following year, Palter published a science fiction novel, "Dead Night of Space: The Hybrid Crew" (2018). His final novel, "Reich without Hitler: Deaths on the Nile" (2019), was a sequel to his first book. Palter was writing the third novel in his "Reich without Hitler" series when he fell ill and passed away on February 17, 2020.