Name: An Author Event with Scott Payne
Start: 2025-03-27T18:30:00-04:00
Location: East Tennessee History Center

Union Ave Books is excited to present Scott Payne for Code Name: Pale Horse. This free event will take place on March 27th at 6:30pm at the East Tennessee History Center. Please RSVP for free via the ticketing link so we know to expect you.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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 THE BOOK
For readers of The MAGA Diaries and Hate in the Homeland, an eye-opening and crucial true story of one man risking his life to infiltrate the most dangerous neo-Nazi group in the United States.
When Scott Payne was growing up, he never envisioned a future that included what happened on Halloween night 2019. Out in the woods of Georgia, he tried desperately to save a goat from being sacrificed in a ritual by a group of neo-Nazis without revealing that he was actually an undercover agent.
Now, this retired FBI agent reveals how and why he infiltrated the rapidly growing American Nazi group, The Base. Known as the “Hillbilly Donnie Brasco,” Payne was guided through some of the most terrifying and risky assignments in the FBI’s history by his devotion to his family and his Christian faith.
Timely and unputdownable, Code Name: Pale Horse is an unflinching look at one of biggest threats in national security, as well as an inspiring memoir from an American hero.
PRAISE FOR THE BOOK
“A fascinating account of one man's journey into the evil dregs of the criminal underworld. Ride along with Payne as he takes you through the kinds of challenging and dangerous assignments that most undercover agents would never even consider, delivering a masterful tour de force! Truly a captivating story from one of the top undercover agents in the Bureau. His story will simply astound you.”—Joaquin “Jack” Garcia, retired FBI agent and New York Times bestselling author of Making Jack Falcone
“I raced through it. When Payne lifts up the rock to show what’s underneath, you can’t look away. A gripping read.” —Linwood Barclay, New York Times bestselling author