Jay Dobyns

Peiteoperaatio, joka oli viedä perheen, järjen ja jopa hengen. Vauhdikas ja toiminnan täyteinen muistelmateos uskomattoman kuuloisesta mutta todellisesta operaatiosta ja poliisin kaksoiselämästä keskellä rikollista eliittiä. Jay Dobyns soluttautui ensimmäisenä Yhdysvaltojen liittovaltion agenttina Hells Angels -moottoripyöräkerhoon. Hän antautui rooliinsa täydellisesti: ystävystyi niin jengin rivijäsenten kuin eliitinkin kanssa ja kunnioitusta saadakseen uskotteli olevansa kylmäverinen tappaja. Lähes kaksi vuotta kestänyt kaksoiselämä raastoi Dobynsin perhe-elämää ja minäkuvaa. Enkeleiden joukossa hän huomasi, että myös jokin hänessä itsessään muuttui. Dobyns ymmärsi, ettei kukaan ole pelkästään hyvä tai paha - eivät Enkelit, mutta ei myöskään hän itse. No Angel - Poliisina liivijengin sisäpiirissä on hätkähdyttävä kuvaus maailmasta täynnä rikollisuutta, vihaa ja väkivaltaa mutta myös vapautta ja veljeyttä. Pitkän uran ATF:n agenttina tehnyt Jay Dobyns oli ensimmäinen liittovaltion poliisi, joka onnistui soluttautumaan Helvetin enkeleiden sisäpiiriin. Yhdessä bestseller-kirjailija Nils Johnson-Sheltonin kanssa kirjoitettu muistelmateos kuumottavasta peiteoperaatiosta nousi The New York Timesin bestseller-listalle.

Four days on the job Jay Dobyns was shot point-blank in the back by a criminal suspect. The bullet travelled through his lung and exited his chest. For the next twenty-seven years, he accepted every dirty and dangerous undercover assignment possible. Some days he succeeded, on others he failed, but all he ever wanted to do was to defend and protect people who couldn't, or wouldn't, do that for themselves.Death threats mounted from street criminals and he was again shot in the back. This time not by a suspect, but by the people he worked for; abandoned and marginalized, the threats were ignored and he was framed as an arsonist who tried to murder his family.What came next was corruption and a cover-up to proportions that few would ever believe our government was capable of.This is his true story.

In 2001, Jay Dobyns was the first federal agent to infiltrate the inner circle of the Hells Angels. His aim was simple: to examine the criminal underbelly of the world's most famous biker group and bring a major case against them. No Angel tells the thrilling, adrenaline-soaked story of one man on the brink of losing himself, and lifts the lid on one of the world's most infamous underworlds. It is a riveting tale of meticulous undercover detective work and a rare and fascinating glimpse inside the secretive world of outlaw biker gangs.

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 in this action-packed, hard-to-imagine-but-true story. Dobyns leaves no stone of his harrowing journey unturned. At runs and clubhouses, between rides and riots, Dobyns befriends bad-ass bikers, meth-fueled "old ladies," gun fetishists, psycho-killer ex-cons, and even some of the "Filthy Few"--the elite of the Hells Angels who've committed extreme violence on behalf of their club. Eventually, at parties staged behind heavily armed security, he meets legendary club members such as Chuck Zito, Johnny Angel, and the godfather of all bikers, Ralph "Sonny" Barger. To blend in with them, he gets full-arm ink; to win their respect, he vows to prove himself a stone-cold killer. Hardest of all is leading a double life, which has him torn between his devotion to his wife and children, and his pledge to become the first federal agent ever to be "fully patched" into the Angels' near-impregnable ranks. His act is so convincing that he comes within a hairsbreadth of losing himself. Eventually, he realizes that just as he's been infiltrating the Hells Angels, they' ve been infiltrating him. And just as they're not all bad, he's not all good. Reminiscent of Donnie Brasco's uncovering of the true Mafia, this is an eye-opening portrait of the world of bikers--the most in-depth since Hunter Thompson's seminal work--one that fully describes the seductive lure criminal camaraderie has for men who would otherwise be powerless outsiders. Here is all the nihilism, hate, and intimidation, but also the freedom--and, yes, brotherhood--of the only truly American form of organized crime.