He protects Ben and Ophelia, the beautiful girlfriend they share.Ĭhon and Ben’s lives take a dark turn when a Mexican Cartel decides to take their business. He is a hard man with a cynical view of life. He is also a philanthropic pacifist who has only survived the harsh realities of life because of Chon.Ĭhon was in the military. His marijuana is the highest grade the industry has ever seen. Savages: Ben and Chon are drug dealers operating out of Laguna Beach. The Savages books are dark crime dramas with plenty of humor, suspense, sex, and violence, with the best titles in the series including: He was also a finalist for the Gold Dagger Award for The Kings of Cool. Savages Awardsĭon Winslow was a finalist for the Dilys, Barry, and Steel Dagger Awards for Savages. Savages, the first novel in this Don Winslow series, was turned into a movie of the same name by Oliver Stone. Their peaceful way of life is threatened when they attract the attention of Mexican drug dealers who want a piece of their lucrative pie. The pair is joined in their activities by Ophelia, the free-spirited girl they share between them.īen and Chon try to generally stay under the radar, doing what they can to meet the needs of the rich locals but rarely rocking the boat. Chon does what he can to bend the rules and prove how ineffective they are when it comes to maintaining law and order.Īnd when push comes to shove, he plays the role of muscle, breaking whatever heads need breaking in his efforts to protect Ben and keep their business operational. Chon doesn’t think much of humanity.Īs far as he is concerned, most people are just savages hiding under the façade of politeness and courtesy. His time in Afghanistan armed him with all the skills he would ever need to survive in the world. Despite his intellectual prowess, Ben would never have succeeded in getting their operation off the ground if not for the contribution of Chon.Ĭhon was in the military. While they haven’t exactly checked every box on their list of financial goals, the boys are doing pretty well, and that isn’t only because of Ben’s efforts. By the time the Savages series kicks off, Ben and Chon are living the high life. A while back, he realized that by putting those two passions together, he had the ability to create the highest grade marijuana on the market.īen proceeded to enter into a partnership with Chon, with the pair carving out a career in Southern California as the only drug dealers of significance. However, Ben seems to have a talent for plants and chemistry. A Buddhist with a unique code of honor and an obsession with the concept of karma, the environmentalist and philanthropist does not necessarily look like a criminal. First introduced in ‘Savages’, the first book in the series, Ben is the pacifist of the two. Ben and Chon couldn’t be more different from one another.
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