Angels of Death

From a pair of investigative journalists, the deadly legacy of the Hells Angels-who still remain at large despite efforts to stop them.

For millions of motorcycle riders, it's the ultimate fantasy--to be a Hells Angel. But as Julian Sher and William Marsden have discovered, the reality of the world's foremost biker gang is darker and deadlier than anyone could imagine. With an estimated 2,500 full-patch members in twenty-five countries, the Hells Angels have inspired a global subculture of biker gangs that are among the most feared and violent underworld players.

Angels of Death takes readers on a journey into the belly of the beast-inside undercover operations, police shootouts, and biker battle zones. The authors show how law enforcement agencies worldwide are trying to stop-with little success-the biker gangs from spreading their violent outlaw creed around the world.


Author: Julian Sher
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Published: 03/02/2007
Pages: 496
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.30d
ISBN: 9780786719310

About the Author
Julian Sher is the author of the Canadian bestseller Until You are Dead -- Steven Truscott's Long Ride into History, a finalist for the Writers' Trust of Canada Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing and winner of the Canadian Authors Association Biography of the Year. For ten years, he was an investigative reporter with CBC's The Fifth Estate, and his Web page, Journalism.Net, is ranked among the top five journalism sites in the world by Google.

William Marsden is senior investigative reporter for the Montreal Gazette and also works for the Washington-based International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. His exposÃ(c)on smuggling and terrorism have won him three Judith Jasmin Awards, Quebec's highest award for journalism, and an Investigative Reporters and Editors Award in the U.S. Julian Sher and William Marsden's The Road to Hell: How the Biker Gangs are Conquering Canada was a bestseller in its Canadian English and French editions. The Road to Hell won the 2004 Arthur Ellis Award for Best True Crime and was nominated for the Writers' Trust of Canada's Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing.