donkersloot

NOTE: This is THE SAME book as the first version of "Donkersloot: Riding the Dragon", with the only difference being that the trademarked logo for a certain motorcycle gang has been removed from the cover and a few pictures in the interior. To see the many favorable reviews for "Donkersloot" please see the Amazon page for the first version of the book at: http: //www.amazon.com/Donkersloot-Riding-The-Dragon-Nickolas/dp/0615556604/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1335990857&sr=8-1 . In 1992, at age 18, Nick Donkersloot joined the 1%ers, the same motorcycle gang his beloved father belonged to. Telling himself he needed to stay close to his father to protect him, Nick partied and did drugs. Over the course of the next thirteen years he became addicted, divorced, and grew increasingly disillusioned with the direction his life had taken. Then his father died in his arms on the side of a road after being hit by a drunk driver, and Nick's life went into a tailspin. On the outs with his former brothers, Nick finds himself in a federal courtroom, wondering if his future will have him on a motorcycle or in prison. And his journey continues...

Nickolas Donkersloot came from humble beginnings on an Iowa farm, but by the time he graduated from high school he had become a drug addict, living a life of high risk. Organized crime became his family, with his father at the head of the table. With the births of his children, Nick began to realize that his lifestyle was killing him. It took ten more years for him to make serious changes, but, now clean, working as a farmer and writer, he hopes, with DONKERSLOOT: RIDING THE DRAGON, to set an example and a legacy to make his family proud.