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  • Riding with Evil

  • Taking Down the Notorious Pagan Motorcycle Gang
  • By: Ken Croke, Dave Wedge
  • Narrated by: Will Damron
  • Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (863 ratings)

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Riding with Evil

By: Ken Croke, Dave Wedge
Narrated by: Will Damron
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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!

Definitely one of the better books I’ve listened to in quite a while. Worth the listen.

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I thought it was great!

I have listened to several books like this, and this is one of the better ones.

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Interesting

The book is well written and the narration is excellent. Interesting
Plot moves along quickly.

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Well told and good story

Well laid out story with excellent reading and easy to listen voice. Would highly recommend

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Can’t wait for the movie

Being a 99% biker, I enjoyed the story and appreciate the work this agent did.

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The story of a committed law officer donating two years of his life living with trash, really amazed me.

this guy is good fortune luck over and over again it’s really incredible. Some or something was really looking out for this guy, I found that blatantly obvious almost as much as I found that blatantly obvious. He truly had a charmed existence in terms of his longevity.

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Best Since “Under and Alone”

Living among guys that would be happy to filet you in many nasty ways at the drop of a hat - that’s just edge of the seat stuff. Much like Bill Queen’s Under and Alone, Ken Croke’s Riding with Evil delivers a great story.

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Incredible true story.

This is a great example of the numerous sacrifices cops take every day to combat evil and to ultimately separate law from chaos.

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awesome story and naration

loved the book. one of my favorites. really realty good and love the voice

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Great Book

Bought the book after hearing Ken on a podcast. Great story and one of the best books I've read in the past few years. Don't do meth, kids.

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