Hell’s Angels: Into the Abyss Is a Journey into Darkness
An undercover agent tells his story of life with the notorious West Coast biker gang
A young FBI agent named Anthony Tait is given the daring task to follow members of the Hell’s Angels, a murderous gang of outlaw bikers. His goal -- take note of the mischievous and illegal activities they take part in and gather enough evidence to put them behind bars.
“The Hell’s Angels: Into the Abyss,” by Yves Lavigne, is an intriguing book that tells the story of Agent Anthony Tate, who initially joined the group in February of 1982. The book gives the reader a solid view of what life is/was like with the notorious biker group in California during the 1980’s.
This is the third book in the trilogy, and is set in 1986. In this volume, Tait manages to send men such as Kenny Owen, and Chico Manganiello, manufacturers of methamphetamine “down the river,” so to speak. Owen, who just so happens to be the world’s best cooker of meth, claims his product “is 100 percent pure,” but when he sells two pounds of meth to the undercover agent, Tate makes sure he gets forty-one years in prison for the deal.
Tait spends a total of seven years with the Angels and manages along the way to marry a prostitute, get into bar fights, and other activities I’ll not mention in this review. When a maid for one of the Angels comes across the warrants for thirty-eight gang members in Tait’s house, the agent comes close to losing his life violently. Lavigne writes, “She knew that if she told the ‘Hell’s Angels’ about Tait, she would be under fire from law enforcement. However, if she didn’t, she knew that the group members would potentially go after her.”
The maid chooses to keep her mouth closed, and all the suspects are brought into custody. Anthony Tait knew that he had done his job, and had done it well. The seven years he spent with them allowed for forty-two members to be jailed, including the “meth cookers.”
Agent Tait knew that if he stayed in the country he would be found by members of the group and beaten to death, so he decided to move overseas. At the end of the book, Lavigne writes, “Anthony Tait now lives overseas. Where he resides is unknown to protect him and his family.”
This was one of the most interesting, nail biting, and riveting stories I’ve ever read. I’d definitely recommend this to anyone willing to read something a bit raunchy and violent. Yves exposes the Angels for who they truly are.
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