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You'll never meet the bikers in this book or visit the mythical rust belt city of Springfield. But through the eyes of Ned "Crash" Aiken, you will experience the real world of the outlaw biker gang-a world shaped by desperation, casual brutality and fascinating rites of passage. Biker follows the career trajectory of "Crash" from his days as a small-time high school drug dealer to his rapid rise through the ranks of a biker gang that is rapidly and brutally expanding its territory and criminal connections.

Aiken's story relates how an outlaw biker sees his gang from the inside. It is an experience shaped by seamy and ruthless characters waging a neverending battle to establish their supremacy. From drug running and gun sales, to prostitution and allegiances forged by violence, this is a struggle played out within biker gangs the world over. And as the reader discovers in this intense docudrama, this is not the romantic freewheeling beer-fest version of the Hells Angels, but a sleazy existence that draws social outcasts like moths to a flame.

PRAISE FOR JERRY LANGTON AND FALLEN ANGEL

"[Fallen Angel] is required reading for those interested in the genre."-The Globe and Mail

"Langton is a natural storyteller."-The Toronto Star Jerry Langton has written for The Hamilton Spectator and Maclean's, and was an editor for The Daily News in New York. A freelance writer, Langton's articles appear in The Globe and Mail, The Toronto Star and National Post. He is the author of the bestseller Fallen Angel: The Unlikely Rise of Walter Stadnick in the Canadian Hells Angels and Rage: The True Story of a Sibling Murder.