{"product_id":"9781443427593","title":"Biker: Inside the Notorious World of an Outlaw Motorcycle Gang","description":"\u003cp\u003eSet in the a rust-belt city called Springfield, USA, \u003cem\u003eBiker\u003c\/em\u003e traces the career trajectory of Ned \"Crash\" Aiken, a small-time high-school drug dealer who rises quickly through the ranks of a major biker gang. He sees the wisdom in migrating to the ranks of the Sons of Satan, a powerful OMG that is busy expanding their territory, either by patch-over or by killing the competition. Aiken proves himself a natural leader and in a few years is overseeing business involving millions of dollars and life-and-death decisions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough Aiken's rise to power, the inner sanctum of the outlaw motorcycle gang is revealed. The power structure; the operations; strategic decisions made around rival gangs; dealing with the weak and traitorous; colluding with native Americans and Canadians to smuggle guns, drugs, prostitutes and contraband into Canada. As the reader discovers, the OMG is not the romantic free-wheeling beer-fest world as portrayed by bikers, but a scummy existence that draws social outcasts like moths to a flame.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBiker\u003c\/em\u003e is frank and realistic, conveying a brutal reality but one that continues to be sought after and idolized, and read about, because it is a world that continues to fascinate those on the outside looking in.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Canada","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47154606047472,"sku":"9781443427593","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781443427593_p0.jpg?v=1763808965","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781443427593","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}