No angel

A chilling account by an ATF agent describes his undercover assignment to infiltrate the Hells Angels motorcycle gang, detailing the challenges of working his way up the biker gang's hierarchy and maintaining their hard-won trust, the difficulties of leading a double life and the operation that nearly cost him everything.

Zusatztext "Compulsively page-turning. The true story of Jay Dobyns! all-American dad and undercover cop running and gunning with the most dangerous outlaws in the USA. A high-velocity trip into a frightening American underworld told in rapid-fire! hard-boiled prose." Evan Wright! author of the national bestseller Generation Kill No Angel pushes narrative nonfiction to new limitsIf you wondered whether the bravura writing of Truman Capote and Hunter S. Thompson has a legacy! look no further. Dobyns leads us into the wacky! white world of the Hell's Angels! and with empathy and precision forces us to admit that bikers are all-too human. Sudhir Venkatesh! author of Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets Jay Dobyns is a hero. Out of a sense of duty! he closed his eyes and made a journey into Hell. For two years he walked through the valley of the shadow of death! but thankfully! he lived to tell this riveting story. Highly recommended! William Billy Queen! Special Agent ATF! Ret. and New York Times bestselling author of Under and Alone A wild ride to the dark side. Jay Dobyns roars through the gritty underworld of organized crime that you never see in TV cop shows or read in the newspaper. He reveals the true! violent face of outlaw bikersbut also the tortured souls of the undercover cops who dare to infiltrate them. Julian Sher! co-author Angels of Death: Inside the Bikers' Global Crime Empire " No Angel is an absolutely amazing account of one man's willingness to go above and beyond. Jay Dobyns! his team and those like them live life on the edge in an environment most can only imagine. This book provides a rare opportunity to share in the intensity! feel the adrenaline rush! smell the fear! and admire true courage and dedication. Michael Durant! author of the New York Times bestseller In the Company of Heroes Unprecedented and unputdownableMost people reading this book would assume that it must be a novel since no human being could possibly be involved in so much action. However! this is the true story of a very special covert ATF agent who over decades immersed himself in the most violent and criminal culture known to law enforcement. Even as a former US Army Special Forces Operator and Police SWAT team leader! I found myself in awe of his death-defying exploits. Dr. Richard Carmona! 17th Surgeon General of the United States Ask yourself this question: would you put your life on the line for a cause? Jay Dobyns did. This book lets you experience some of the most dangerous activities of the best known biker gang in the world. Jay Dobyns brought honor to the ATF and is a true American hero. T.J. Leyden! author of Skinhead Confessions Informationen zum Autor JAY DOBYNS is a highly decorated agent who worked for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) for more than twenty years. For his work on Operation Black Biscuit, he was awarded the ATF Distinguished Service Medal and also a prestigious Top Cops award from the National Association of Police Officers. Find him online at JayDobyns.com. NILS JOHNSON-SHELTON , unlike Jay Dobyns, has never been a cop and can't even ride a motorcycle. This is his first book. Klappentext From the first federal agent to infiltrate the inner circle of the outlaw Hells Angels Motorcycle Club comes the inside story of the 21-month operation that almost cost him his family, his sanity, and his life. Getting shot in the chest as a rookie agent, bartering for machine guns, throttling down the highway at 100 mph, and responding to a full-scale, bloody riot between the Hells Angels and their rivals, the Mongols-these are just a few of the high-adrenaline experiences Dobyns recounts ...

"Compulsively page-turning. The true story of Jay Dobyns, all-American dad and undercover cop running and gunning with the most dangerous outlaws in the USA. A high-velocity trip into a frightening American underworld told in rapid-fire, hard-boiled prose." 
—Evan Wright, author of the national bestseller Generation Kill

“No Angel pushes narrative nonfiction to new limits…If you wondered whether the bravura writing of Truman Capote and Hunter S. Thompson has a legacy, look no further. Dobyns leads us into the wacky, white world of the Hell's Angels, and with empathy and precision forces us to admit that bikers are all-too human.”
—Sudhir Venkatesh, author of Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets

“Jay Dobyns is a hero.  Out of a sense of duty, he closed his eyes and made a journey into Hell.  For two years he walked through the valley of the shadow of death, but thankfully, he lived to tell this riveting story.  Highly recommended!”
 —William “Billy” Queen, Special Agent ATF, Ret. and New York Times bestselling author of Under and Alone

“A wild ride to the dark side. Jay Dobyns roars through the gritty underworld of organized crime that you never see in TV cop shows or read in the newspaper. He reveals the true, violent face of outlaw bikers—but also the tortured souls of the undercover cops who dare to infiltrate them.”
—Julian Sher, co-author Angels of Death: Inside the Bikers’ Global Crime Empire

"No Angel is an absolutely amazing account of one man's willingness to go above and beyond. Jay Dobyns, his team and those like them live life on the edge in an environment most can only imagine. This book provides a rare opportunity to share in the intensity, feel the adrenaline rush, smell the fear, and admire true courage and dedication.”
—Michael Durant, author of the New York Times bestseller In the Company of Heroes

 “Unprecedented and unputdownable…Most people reading this book would assume that it must be a novel since no human being could possibly be involved in so much action. However, this is the true story of a very special covert ATF agent who over decades immersed himself in the most violent and criminal culture known to law enforcement. Even as a former US Army Special Forces Operator and Police SWAT team leader, I found myself in awe of his death-defying exploits.”
—Dr. Richard Carmona, 17th Surgeon General of the United States

“Ask yourself this question: would you put your life on the line for a cause? Jay Dobyns did. This book lets you experience some of the most dangerous activities of the best known biker gang in the world. Jay Dobyns brought honor to the ATF and is a true American hero.”
—T.J. Leyden, author of Skinhead Confessions


Autorentext
JAY DOBYNS is a highly decorated agent who worked for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) for more than twenty years. For his work on Operation Black Biscuit, he was awarded the ATF Distinguished Service Medal and also a prestigious Top Cops award from the National Association of Police Officers. Find him online at JayDobyns.com.

NILS JOHNSON-SHELTON, unlike Jay Dobyns, has never been a cop and can’t even ride a motorcycle. This is his first book.

Klappentext
From the first federal agent to infiltrate the inner circle of the outlaw Hells Angels Motorcycle Club comes the inside story of the 21-month operation that almost cost him his family, his sanity, and his life.

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