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  • Taking Down the Notorious Pagan Motorcycle Gang
  • Written by: Ken Croke, Dave Wedge
  • Narrated by: Will Damron
  • Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (37 ratings)

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Riding with Evil

Written by: Ken Croke, Dave Wedge
Narrated by: Will Damron
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Publisher's Summary

Sons of Anarchy meets The Departed in this fast-paced, high-wire act memoir from former ATF agent Ken Croke, the first federal agent in history to go undercover and successfully infiltrate the infamous—and infamously violent—Pagan Motorcycle Club, a white supremacist biker gang.

Longtime ATF agent Ken Croke had earned the right to coast to the end of a storied career, having routinely gone undercover to apprehend white supremacists, gun runners, and gang members. But after a chance encounter with an associate of the Pagan Motorcycle Gang created an opening, he transformed himself into “Slam,” a monstrous, axe-handle wielding enforcer whose duty was to protect the leadership “mother club” at all costs. He befriended the club’s most violent and criminally insane members and lived among them for two years, covertly building a case that would eventually take down the top members of the gang in a massive federal prosecution, even as he risked his marriage, his sanity, and his life. With today’s law enforcement largely moving toward the comparative safety of cyber operations, it became one of the last of its kind, a masterclass in old school tactics that marked Croke as a dying breed of undercover agent and became legendary in law enforcement.

Now for the first time, Croke tells the story of his terrifying undercover life in the Pagans—the unspeakable violence, extremism, drugs, and disgusting rituals. Written with bestselling crime writer Dave Wedge and utilizing the exclusive cooperation of those who lived the case with him, as well as thousands of pages of court files and hours of surveillance tapes and photos, Croke delivers a frightening, nail-biting account of the secretive and brutal biker underworld.

©2022 Ken Croke and Dave Wedge (P)2022 HarperCollins Publishers

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Great Book!

An authentic look into the life of a UC. Great narration..... Story has you on the edge from begining to end

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Good story. Writing could have been better

The fact he spent years infiltrating the gang is incredible. Unfortunately, the way it is written makes him sound very self-righteous and arrogant.

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Left me wanting more

At times the story felt made up because the cop is so righteous and arrogant. Like every cop movie, he butts head with the boss and the upper management doesn't agree with his methods of doing whatever it takes to solve the case. Would make for a better story if it seemed like the cop was going to break bad and didn't dread every second of being undercover. You are a human being it's not like he didn't enjoy parts of his undercover work otherwise how did you convince these bikers? It all felt superficial like the author was scared of telling the whole truth. Was a good listen, nothing too crazy happens but interesting nonetheless.

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Riveting

Gripping tale from an ATF agent who's first hand experience as a deep undercover biker was very good. I could tell, however, the author was reluctant to provide more details of his story. I was left wanting more. The saving grace is that Ken shares his story from start to finish, and the impact this type of career has on a cops family. Very well performed as well.

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Addictive listen. Great Narration and interesting story.

One of the best audiobooks I’ve listened to. Always left me wanting to know what would happen next. The sacrifices people make to gain access to how criminal organizations operate - wish I could meet him in person! Fantastic book.

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Good listen, however.

This special agent has such a massive ego, it made this hard to listen too. He barely put a dent in the moc and he acts like her saved the world.

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1,2,3 around and around we go

Predictable plot. Cop-hero wants to infiltrate gang. This creates stress at home. Gang asks hero to stretch limits. Hero gets lucky. More stress at home. Repeat. Spoiler. Gang gets busted. Hero goes back to family and lives happily ever after. End.

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