Code Name: Pale Horse (Unabridged)
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4.6 • 480 Ratings
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
A 2026 Audie Award Finalist for Autobiography/Memoir
New York Times bestseller • The thrilling true story of one man who risked his life to infiltrate the most dangerous neo-Nazi group in the United States, an “urgent and exciting look into the life of an FBI undercover agent” (Joseph D. Pistone, New York Times bestselling author) by “one of the top undercover agents in the Bureau” (Joaquin “Jack” Garcia, retired FBI agent and New York Times bestselling author).
When Scott Payne was growing up, an ‘80s kid with a big attitude and a taste for sleeveless shirts, he could never have envisioned where he’d find himself on Halloween night 2019. Having transformed into “Pale Horse” and infiltrated the nation’s most dangerous, fastest-growing white supremacy group, The Base, he was huddled with a cell of neo-Nazis in the backwoods of Georgia as they slaughtered a goat and drank its blood in a ritual sacrifice.
A decorated agent dubbed the “Hillbilly Donnie Brasco,” Payne takes readers along with him on some of the most terrifying and riskiest assignments in FBI history. He went deep undercover with the lethal Outlaw Motorcycle Club in Massachusetts; to the front lines of the opioid epidemic in Tennessee; and infiltrated the Ku Klux Klan in Alabama. Through it all, he stayed married to the love of his life, raised two girls, and spent his Sundays at church, sustained by family and faith.
Timely and unputdownable, Code Name: Pale Horse is a hard look at some of the most pressing threats facing America today. Honest and inspiring, it’s the story of a hero determined to take down a hateful army—before the unthinkable could come to pass.
Customer Reviews
Worth it
Wry entertaining and informative
Horrifying and Enlightening
Scott takes the reader through his experiences working various undercover cases, and how his life lead him to this work. He never falters to treat the targets as fellow human beings, and through his guilt for betraying some targets, it is clear that he knows he is doing them a favor, getting them out of the life that lead to their arrest.
I am not myself religious, but it is a core part of Scott’s story and life, and it does not feel out of place or unnecessary in his accounts. Well done and meant to be heard in his voice. Highly recommend to all audiences. It is important that everyone knows this is not just a story, this is real life. These hate groups do exist and it’s more important now than ever to arm yourself with the love and knowledge required to combat such radicals.
Interesting….
Cool story, but nothing spectacular.