NUDET A novel of nuclear terrorism NUDET is a military thriller, a novel of nuclear terrorism and the worst disaster in American history. Joseph George, a combat medic and Nez Perce Indian, is captured by a Taliban terrorist cell in Pakistan. Joseph befriends the terrorist leader, Rasheed Hakam, and is invited to join his cell to attack America with nuclear weapons. After helping to smuggle Hakam's nukes into New Orleans, Joseph steals them and takes them to Washington state to blow up Grand Coulee Dam as retribution for the mistreatment his People have endured for two centuries. He wants to destroy all the dams on the Columbia to recreate the river's natural flow, restore its historic salmon runs, and reinstate the life and culture of his People before the dams were built. Jake McAllister, a Homeland Security threat analyst, is on his way to Grand Coulee Dam to ask Fiona Douglass, the dam's power manager, to marry him, when Joseph sets off one of the bombs, and unleashes the dam's 80,000-acre reservoir. The resulting flood topples downstream dams and scrapes deathly radioactive wastes into the river from the Hanford Nuclear Reservation. While Jake patrols the river by helicopter to coordinate rescue efforts, Hakam pursues Joseph to recover the unexploded nukes. Meanwhile, Secretary of Defense Wilfred Oliver launches a palace coup to dump a weak President John Thornton as the country's leaders choose sides. NUDET is the story of power-hungry opportunists. It is about corrupt leaders and a critical rush to recover a doomsday weapon. It also is also about the consequences of over-harnessing the once-abundant Columbia for everything from irrigation to marine transportation, hydroelectricity to recreation, and atomic power to nuclear weapons. The story unfolds in 24 hours.