
FBI // Investigator
Fred
Experienced, approachable, and grounded. Fred trusts evidence, experience, and the way people behave when they think no one is paying attention.
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Sophia Evans Thriller Series // Book One
A terrorist attack tears into America’s heartland. A veteran FBI agent and a CIA officer carrying the weight of a failed mission are thrown together to stop what comes next.
The Story
During the July Fourth holiday, a car bomb detonates outside the Harley-Davidson Museum, killing and injuring American civilians and setting off a federal manhunt. FBI agent Fred Jones has already captured one of the men tied to the attack when the investigation widens beyond a conventional terrorism case.
Fred is paired with CIA officer Sophia Evans, whose analytical instincts and field training come with baggage of their own. Their target is Amell al-Gahrsi, leader of the Abyan Islamic Army, a terrorist organization promising that the first strike will not be the last.
As the pair follows the trail from American cities toward the organization behind the attack, the case becomes more dangerous, more personal, and far larger than either of them expected. Stopping the next strike will require two very different investigators to learn when to challenge each other—and when to trust each other completely.
Why Start Here?
01 // Fred
The series opens through a veteran FBI agent whose experience, patience, and ability to read people keep the story grounded as the threat expands.
02 // Sophia
Sophia enters the case carrying the consequences of Belgrade and a reputation for talent she is not always sure she still deserves.
03 // The Beginning
The partnerships, adversaries, and unresolved consequences introduced here continue into Heartland Retribution and beyond.
Character Files

FBI // Investigator
Experienced, approachable, and grounded. Fred trusts evidence, experience, and the way people behave when they think no one is paying attention.
VIEW FRED’S FILE
CIA // Case Officer
Highly trained and intensely capable, Sophia is trying to prove—to the Agency and herself—that one failed operation does not define what comes next.
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Beyond the Page
The S.E.T. cinematic archive expands the world surrounding the novels through character material, book promos, and the Belgrade prequel—the operation that helps explain why Sophia is no longer the officer she once expected to become.
Continue the Series

Book Two // Heartland Retribution
The enemy escaped. The people who survived the first attack are no longer content to wait for the next move, and JTF 200 is coming for the man responsible.
Book One // Sophia Evans Thriller Series
Meet Fred. Meet Sophia. Follow the attack that brings their worlds together and starts the larger S.E.T. story.