No Angel
My Undercover Journey to the Dark Heart of the Hells Angels
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4.5 • 2 Ratings
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- $18.99
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- $18.99
Publisher Description
Would you go to the gates of Hell for your job?
American Federal Agent Jay 'Bird' Dobyns did.
For nearly two years, Dobyns infiltrated the world's most notorious biker gang-the Hells Angels.
An undercover agent for the US government, Bird left his family behind and immersed himself in the Angel's seductive web of organised crime, violence and brotherhood.
But all along, whether on the open road or in seedy backrooms, he knew that death was only one wrong move away.
This is a wild ride through one of the world's most violent and unpredictable organisations.
No Angel screams along with the noise, power and force of the Hells Angels in full formation.
'Tough, tense and terrifying.' Andrew Rule, co-author of Underbelly
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In this white-knuckler, ATF agent Dobyns infiltrates a chapter of the Hells Angels to show that, aside from much of the romance surrounding the group, it is indeed a violent gang. His investigations lead him through a fascinating cast of crystal meth-heads, gun runners, gang rapists and frauds. Dobyns and co-writer Johnson-Shelton tell a bracing story in straightforward prose that doesn't dilute any aspect of the toll his undercover act (a sprawling long-term investigation that penetrated deeper into the gang than any other) took on his life. A family guy who frequently finds himself taking calls from his worried wife while in the middle of an operation, Dobyns is brutally honest about how far his assignment takes him into the dark side and leaves the impression at the end that it's highly unlikely he will ever be able to totally return to undercover work (Hunter S. Thompson was beaten up while writing his 1967 take on the gang in Hell's Angels). From the medieval desert clan gatherings to breakneck-paced highway odysseys and high-noon showdowns, this is the real deal from an agent whose knack for the job and ability to transform it into elucidating reading recalls the story of Joe Pistone, aka Donnie Brasco.
