TY - BOOK AU - North,Oliver TI - Heroes proved SN - 9781476706313 (hbk.) U1 - 813/.6 23 PY - 2012/// CY - New York PB - Threshold Editions KW - Political kidnapping KW - Fiction KW - Physicists KW - Security consultants KW - Terrorists KW - Suicide bombers KW - Texas KW - Houston KW - World politics KW - Political fiction KW - lcsh KW - United States KW - Politics and government KW - Houston (Tex.) N1 - "A novel"--Jacket N2 - In the year 2032, America is supposedly safe from terror, Iranian nuclear weaponry is no longer a threat, and the United Nations' treaties and technologies are keeping the peace. Then a suicide bomber targets Houston, Texas and a famous physicist is kidnapped. The ensuing search by a decorated U.S. Marine war hero and veteran of special ops, not only places the physicist's family in grave danger, but exposes an even more ominous threat to the country, moreso than any threat in its history ER -