Code Name Pale Horse, Scott Payne
Code Name Pale Horse, Scott Payne
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Code Name: Pale Horse
How I Went Undercover to Expose America's Nazis

Author: Scott Payne, Michelle Shephard

Narrator: Scott Payne

Unabridged: 6 hr 55 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/25/2025


Synopsis

The thrilling true story of one man who risked his life to infiltrate the most dangerous neo-Nazi group in the United States, an “urgent and exciting look into the life of an FBI undercover agent” (Joe Pistone) by “one of the top undercover agents in the Bureau” (Joaquin “Jack” Garcia).

When Scott Payne was growing up, an ‘80s kid with a big attitude and a taste for sleeveless shirts, he could never have envisioned where he’d find himself on Halloween night 2019. Having transformed into “Pale Horse” and infiltrated the nation's most dangerous, fastest-growing white supremacy group, The Base, he was huddled with a cell of neo-Nazis in the backwoods of Georgia as they slaughtered a goat and drank its blood in a ritual sacrifice.

A decorated agent dubbed the “Hillbilly Donnie Brasco,” Payne takes readers along with him on some of the most terrifying and riskiest assignments in FBI history. He went deep undercover with the lethal Outlaw Motorcycle Club in Massachusetts; to the front lines of the opioid epidemic in Tennessee; and infiltrated the Ku Klux Klan in Alabama. Through it all, he stayed married to the love of his life, raised two girls, and spent his Sundays at church, sustained by family and faith.

Timely and unputdownable, Code Name: Pale Horse is a hard look a some of the most pressing threats facing America today. Honest and inspiring, it’s the story of a hero determined to take down a hateful army—before the unthinkable could come to pass.

About Scott Payne

Scott Payne is a retired FBI Special Agent who spent twenty-eight years in law enforcement investigating cases against drug trafficking organizations, human traffickers, outlaw motorcycle clubs, gangs, public corruption, and domestic terrorists. He was also a SWAT team operator and instructor for firearms, tactics, and undercover operations. He lives in the southeast with his wife, two daughters, and dogs.

About Michelle Shephard

Michelle Shephard is an award-winning journalist, author, and filmmaker who covered terrorism, national security, and civil rights for two decades as a correspondent with The Toronto Star. Her career has taken her around the world, including multiple reporting trips to Somalia, Yemen, Pakistan, and Guantanamo Bay. She is based in Toronto, where she lives with her photojournalist husband, a dog named Parker, and their cat Deep Throat.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Brendan on February 22, 2025

Multiple times while reading Scott Payne's memoir Codename: Pale Horse, I found myself thinking, "Oh, this is going to get crazy!" Unfortunately, the book never provides enough detail and tension to draw the reader in. The subject is intriguing enough. Payne is a retired undercover FBI agent. As man......more

Goodreads review by Matthew on April 22, 2025

I started reading this book because the other book I started has been on hold at the library for over a month 😩 I don’t like reading multiple books at once but since I’ve been waiting for years for whoever is taking their sweet time with the other book, I decided to start reading Code Name: Pale Hor......more

Goodreads review by Cav on April 04, 2025

"When the average American thinks of white supremacy, they conjure up an image of the Ku Klux Klan, the guys in the white robes and pointy hats..." Code Name: Pale Horse was a great telling of an exciting undercover career. I was looking for something a little different from some of the books I typic......more

Goodreads review by Megan on January 19, 2025

Code Name: Pale Horse by Scott Payne is nothing like my usual fantasy escapes. Instead of whisking me away to magical worlds, it drags me straight into the harsh reality of today, forcing me to confront the vile ideologies still thriving around us. It’s a sobering reminder of the twisted belief some......more

Goodreads review by Kat on February 13, 2025

Scott Payne spent a lot of his FBI career working undercover operations. He infiltrated groups such as the Outlaws motorcycle gang and the Base, a neo-Nazi group. I really enjoyed this memoir. I will say that it was slightly different than what I expected going into it. The title and blurb led me to......more