Gods of Mischief - 9781451667356

This harrowing, no-holds-barred true story is the “brash account of a reformed bad boy’s decision to help the federal government take down Green Nation, the Vagos outlaw motorcycle gang” (Kirkus Reviews).

The road to redemption is no cakewalk. One March morning George Rowe can’t sleep. His fiancée—who has no idea who he really is (a recovered meth addict and convicted felon), what he’s done (spent three years working undercover for the Feds), or what’s about to happen (one of the largest motorcycle gang busts in United States history)—is asleep next to him. How, Rowe wonders, did he go so far and get in so deep?

Rowe’s gritty and high-octane story offers not only a glimpse into the violent world of the motorcycle outlaw, but a gripping tale of self-sacrifice and human redemption that would be the stuff of great fiction—if it weren’t all true. After witnessing the Vagos, one of the most dangerous biker gangs in the country, brutally and senselessly beating his friend over a pool game, Rowe decided to pay back his Southern California hometown for the sins of his past by bringing down the gang that was terrorizing it. He volunteered as an undercover informant for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives and vowed to dismantle the brotherhood from the inside out, becoming history’s first private citizen to voluntarily infiltrate an outlaw motorcycle gang for the US government.

As “Big George,” a full-patched member of the Vagos, Rowe spent three brutal years juggling a double life—riding, fighting, and nearly dying alongside the brothers that he secretly hoped to put away for good. During those years, he also became entwined in a tumultuous relationship with a struggling addict named Jenna, never once revealing that he was actually working for the ATF. Along the way, Rowe lost everything: his family, his business, his home—even his identity.

To this day, under protection by the United States government, Rowe still looks over his shoulder, keeping watch for the brothers he put behind bars. They’ve vowed to search for him until the day they die.