Get ready to infiltrate the dangerous, secret world of criminals and cover identities by way of the ATF, where the world’s greatest undercover agents are known as RatSnakes.
RatSnakes are rarely, if ever, visible to the public they move among and risk their lives to protect. In fact, thanks to their cover personas, they’re often assumed to be members of the clandestine criminal world they investigate. Real-life undercover work is a far cry from the sexy, candy-colored world you’ve seen in Hollywood movies. Only those strong and clever enough get inside and survive.
Vincent A. Cefalu would know. During his 30 years as an ATF undercover operative, he served undercover to investigate dangerous groups ranging from the Symbionese Liberation Army to Asian organized crime. He has infiltrated notorious outlaw motorcycle gangs as well as splinter groups of the Ku Klux Klan, and his memoir
RatSnakes: Cheating Death by Living a Lie provides a transparent look at the organization and the operatives with whom he risked his life.