Sawgrass Wars

Young friends are determined to get rich without making the same mistakes that put their parents in prison. The story follows Alex and his friends, with the help of Bones father Malone, rebuild their parents' criminal drug smuggling empire. After a hugely successful run as a narcotics distribution point for the Medellin Cartel of Colombia in the 1980s, the federal authorities descended upon Dawber and arrested most of the adult population-all of whom had played a significant role in the drug trade there. The mastermind of the drug running operation, an accountant named Johnny Malone, mysteriously disappeared the night that the feds arrived. Many townsfolk suspected that it was Johnny who called the authorities, as part of a power play against his business partner, Bocephus Dawber (after whose family the county was named). Many more Dawber residents believed that Johnny had hidden millions of dollars in airtight bags in the murky depths of the Dawber County swamps before he disappeared, intending to eventually return and reclaim that cash. Malone's missing millions have become a gangland legend in the decade after the federal authorities shut the drug running operation down, with criminals the world over seeking it. In the aftermath of the federal raid, Dawber became a ghost town. In 2003, however, the children of Johnny Malone and the other Dawber County residents who were involved in the drug running trade have grown tired of living beneath the poverty line in the forgotten swamps of Dawber County. With many of the men who were arrested by the federal government set to be released, three teenagers, Alex Gregory, Bones Malone, and Billy Dawber (nephew of Bocephus Dawber) conspire to find Johnny Malone's missing millions before anyone else can. This is a tale of scrappy and resourceful teenagers, who've nothing to lose, going on the greatest adventure of their young lives. It is The Outsiders meets The Sopranos with elements reminiscent of Elmore Leonard's Justified series, and AMC's Breaking Bad sprinkled in for good measure. In the course of this gripping caper, the boys will sojourn from the alligator-infested swamps of Dawber to the high rises of Miami and back. The three boys meet strange and terrifying people-all while defying the odds. They race against gun-toting rednecks, bloodthirsty Haitians, twisted ex-convicts, and corrupt law enforcement officers as they all struggle to lay claim to Johnny Malone's missing $5 million. And in the course of thei