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Under and Alone The True Story of the Undercover Agent Who Infiltrated America's Most Violent Outlaw Motorcycle Gang
Author: William Queen

In 1998, William Queen was a veteran law enforcement agent with a lifelong love of motorcycles and a lack of patience with paperwork. When a “confidential informant” made contact with his boss at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, offering to take an agent inside the San Fernando chapter of the Mongols (the scourge of South... more »ern California, and one of the most dangerous gangs in America), Queen jumped at the chance, not realizing that he was kicking-starting the most extensive undercover operation inside an outlaw motorcycle gang in the history of American law enforcement.

Nor did Queen suspect that he would penetrate the gang so successfully that he would become a fully “patched-in” member, eventually rising through their ranks to the office of treasurer, where he had unprecedented access to evidence of their criminal activity. After Queen spent twenty-eight months as “Billy St. John,” the bearded, beer-swilling, Harley-riding gang-banger, the truth of his identity became blurry, even to himself.

During his initial “prospecting” phase, Queen was at the mercy of crank-fueled criminal psychopaths who sought to have him test his mettle and prove his fealty by any means necessary, from selling (and doing) drugs, to arms trafficking, stealing motorcycles, driving getaway cars, and, in one shocking instance, stitching up the face of a Mongol “ol’ lady” after a particularly brutal beating at the hands of her boyfriend.

Yet despite the constant criminality of the gang, for whom planning cop killings and gang rapes were business as usual, Queen also came to see the genuine camaraderie they shared. When his lengthy undercover work totally isolated Queen from family, his friends, and ATF colleagues, the Mongols felt like the only family he had left. “I had no doubt these guys genuinely loved Billy St. John and would have laid down their lives for him. But they wouldn’t hesitate to murder Billy Queen.”

From Queen’s first sleight of hand with a line of methamphetamine in front of him and a knife at his throat, to the fearsome face-off with their decades-old enemy, the Hell’s Angels (a brawl that left three bikers dead), to the heartbreaking scene of a father ostracized at Parents’ Night because his deranged-outlaw appearance precluded any interaction with regular citizens, Under and Alone is a breathless, adrenaline-charged read that puts you on the street with some of the most dangerous men in America and with the law enforcement agents who risk everything to bring them in.

From the Hardcover edition.

ISBN-13: 9780812969528
ISBN-10: 0812969529
Publication Date: 6/26/2007
Pages: 288
Edition: Reprint
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Currently 4.2/5 Stars.

4.2 stars, based on 19 ratings

Publisher: Ballantine Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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Barb S. (BDS) reviewed Under and Alone: The True Story of the Undercover Agent Who Infiltrated America's Most Violent Outlaw Motorcycle Gang on 8/7/2006 + 86 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 2

This is one of the best true crime books I have read, and I've read a lot. I was amazed at what William Queen went trhough to get the bad guys. I found myself holding my breath at different parts of the book afraid of what was going to happen to him next.

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Heather reviewed Under and Alone: The True Story of the Undercover Agent Who Infiltrated America's Most Violent Outlaw Motorcycle Gang on 9/19/2007

Helpful Score: 1

I really enjoyed this book ,It truley showes how hard it is to be a cop who has to be deep undercover for a long period of time, and how the lines can blur between the cop and the chacter he has to become.Really cool first had info on biker gangs and just how scary there world is.

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Tory L. (torytory) reviewed Under and Alone: The True Story of the Undercover Agent Who Infiltrated America's Most Violent Outlaw Motorcycle Gang on 4/15/2007 + 7 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 1

A good easy read.

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Florence B. (AZCritterSitter) reviewed Under and Alone: The True Story of the Undercover Agent Who Infiltrated America's Most Violent Outlaw Motorcycle Gang on 6/14/2009 + 31 more book reviews

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I actually had the opportunity to meet Billy Queen at a lecture he was giving. I can not explain to you how exciting this book was and well as the man himself. I truly admire him for his commitment and loyalty. Believe me, you will not regret reading this book. While you are reading it, just remember this is a true story and there is a man out there that lived this....

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Katherine P. reviewed Under and Alone: The True Story of the Undercover Agent Who Infiltrated America's Most Violent Outlaw Motorcycle Gang on 1/16/2008 + 3 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 1

Great Non-Fiction story. This is not a story for the faint of heart. This is a captivating true story that appeals to any one who loves motorcycles and living on the edge. Gripping all the way to the end.

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Lisa Maxine B. (Maxines66) reviewed Under and Alone: The True Story of the Undercover Agent Who Infiltrated America's Most Violent Outlaw Motorcycle Gang on 8/27/2010 + 13 more book reviews

Well written

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Jon W. reviewed Under and Alone: The True Story of the Undercover Agent Who Infiltrated America's Most Violent Outlaw Motorcycle Gang on 8/8/2010

Thrilling tale about an undercover agents life inside a notorious gang of bikers. Great comparisons of his civilian life compared with the life lived inside. A must read for any fan of the show "Gangland".

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Tina F. (freeman) - reviewed Under and Alone: The True Story of the Undercover Agent Who Infiltrated America's Most Violent Outlaw Motorcycle Gang on 4/14/2010 + 12 more book reviews

This book is one that will keep your attention! He does an amazing job of helping you visualize this situations he gets in. by the end you will feel like you know Queen. good good book.

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Tracy M. (readingfan) reviewed Under and Alone: The True Story of the Undercover Agent Who Infiltrated America's Most Violent Outlaw Motorcycle Gang on 4/6/2008 + 19 more book reviews

This was a really good read! Very interesting from beginning to end.

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Sally K. (ladytrucker55) reviewed Under and Alone: The True Story of the Undercover Agent Who Infiltrated America's Most Violent Outlaw Motorcycle Gang on 1/24/2008 + 18 more book reviews

This is one of the best books I've read in a long time,Queen had to be very brave to go through what he did to get the info needed to send these guys to prison!

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Deanne B. (dbarsi) reviewed Under and Alone: The True Story of the Undercover Agent Who Infiltrated America's Most Violent Outlaw Motorcycle Gang on 4/5/2006 + 5 more book reviews

My husband read this and enjoyed it very much.

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