Bouncing on the Knife Edge

Fred D. James was born into a reasonably wealthy Australian family but in his words 'was soon segregated from the wealth'. His life then took a series of astounding turns as he graduated from a normal childhood to a precarious association with hardcore biker gangs, street thugs, drug cartels, Chinese triads, guns, narcotics and God.

Blending into normal society under the shroud of being a professional chef, his real life was hidden in the many 'societies within society' that few of us know about or even believe exist - shadowy worlds where life is cheap and survival happens at the frightening edge of normality.

Fred's life story is an amazing ride through criminal excess, unbelievable-but-true adventures, stubborn resilience and eventual redemption, encompassing over half a century of near-fatal car accidents, failed marriages, alcohol abuse, hair-raising brushes with criminals, thugs and cops, inventive money-making schemes and more life-threatening medical emergencies than he can count.

'Ridden hard and put away wet', this tattooed ex-crim, ex-thug, ex-lost soul somehow managed to come out the other side relatively intact. His experiences and scars are real, the pain is still healing and his incredible, dangerous life illustrates that even the most tarnished soul can crawl away from the darkest of tunnels to find hope and, with time, become a better human being.