TY - BOOK AU - North,Oliver TI - Heroes proved SN - 147670631X (hbk.) PY - 2012/// CY - New York PB - Threshold Editions KW - Physicists KW - Fiction KW - Political kidnapping KW - Security consultants KW - Suicide bombers KW - Texas KW - Houston KW - Terrorists KW - World politics KW - Political fiction KW - lcsh KW - Houston (Tex.) KW - United States KW - Politics and government KW - Suspense fiction KW - gsafd KW - War stories 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 -