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When missions go dark, only elite tactics keep you alive. 🔥 Ever wonder how covert teams make split-second decisions under fire? ⚡ Covert Ops: Team Tactical Handbook gives you battlefield-proven strategies and real-world operator skills.
Find out more here author.to/team-tactics
Find out more here author.to/team-tactics
January 29, 2026 at 1:28 PM
When missions go dark, only elite tactics keep you alive. 🔥 Ever wonder how covert teams make split-second decisions under fire? ⚡ Covert Ops: Team Tactical Handbook gives you battlefield-proven strategies and real-world operator skills.
Find out more here author.to/team-tactics
Find out more here author.to/team-tactics
✍️ Want to write a military thriller that actually feels real? From elite operators to pulse-pounding missions, this Books Central podcast walks you step by step from idea to launch. 💥🎧 Listen here → author.to/writing-podc...
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January 28, 2026 at 1:40 PM
✍️ Want to write a military thriller that actually feels real? From elite operators to pulse-pounding missions, this Books Central podcast walks you step by step from idea to launch. 💥🎧 Listen here → author.to/writing-podc...
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Under the moon’s cold light, secrets unravel. 🌕 Breach by Moonlight pulls you into a world of betrayal, retribution, and covert ops. ⚔️ Listen now on Books Central Podcast 🎧 Covert Ops: Shadows Of Retribution 💥 👉 author.to/achhfGT
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January 27, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Under the moon’s cold light, secrets unravel. 🌕 Breach by Moonlight pulls you into a world of betrayal, retribution, and covert ops. ⚔️ Listen now on Books Central Podcast 🎧 Covert Ops: Shadows Of Retribution 💥 👉 author.to/achhfGT
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The Extraction
Think enemies can’t touch you on holiday? In Covert-Ops The Extraction, I stalk a Caribbean resort to lift a hostage from a ruthless cartel and get him out alive. No backup, just covert tradecraft and corridors ready to turn kill zones 🎯 getbook.at/bHzJkg
Think enemies can’t touch you on holiday? In Covert-Ops The Extraction, I stalk a Caribbean resort to lift a hostage from a ruthless cartel and get him out alive. No backup, just covert tradecraft and corridors ready to turn kill zones 🎯 getbook.at/bHzJkg
January 26, 2026 at 12:42 PM
The Extraction
Think enemies can’t touch you on holiday? In Covert-Ops The Extraction, I stalk a Caribbean resort to lift a hostage from a ruthless cartel and get him out alive. No backup, just covert tradecraft and corridors ready to turn kill zones 🎯 getbook.at/bHzJkg
Think enemies can’t touch you on holiday? In Covert-Ops The Extraction, I stalk a Caribbean resort to lift a hostage from a ruthless cartel and get him out alive. No backup, just covert tradecraft and corridors ready to turn kill zones 🎯 getbook.at/bHzJkg
Rank isn’t just metal on a chest—it’s pure story fuel. 🎖️ Lesson Two shows how real chains of command, snipers, medics and comms create conflict instead of confusion. Build authentic units, not cardboard uniforms: bookscentral.co.uk/for-writers
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January 22, 2026 at 7:30 AM
Rank isn’t just metal on a chest—it’s pure story fuel. 🎖️ Lesson Two shows how real chains of command, snipers, medics and comms create conflict instead of confusion. Build authentic units, not cardboard uniforms: bookscentral.co.uk/for-writers
Silence speaks volumes. 🎧 Intelligence by Absence reveals how what’s unsaid can expose everything. ⚔️ Join me on the Books Central Podcast as Covert Ops: Shadows Of Retribution uncovers truth in silence. 💥
Listen now 👉 author.to/RBlmS
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Listen now 👉 author.to/RBlmS
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January 20, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Silence speaks volumes. 🎧 Intelligence by Absence reveals how what’s unsaid can expose everything. ⚔️ Join me on the Books Central Podcast as Covert Ops: Shadows Of Retribution uncovers truth in silence. 💥
Listen now 👉 author.to/RBlmS
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Listen now 👉 author.to/RBlmS
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The Golden Camel. Some ghosts wear uniforms, others suits. Fallout from America Woods won’t die; police close in. A Kerala lead pulls us from the Isle of Wight towards the Middle East after a deadly target.
Next Covert Ops mission 🐪 getbook.at/golden-camel
Next Covert Ops mission 🐪 getbook.at/golden-camel
January 20, 2026 at 6:35 AM
The Golden Camel. Some ghosts wear uniforms, others suits. Fallout from America Woods won’t die; police close in. A Kerala lead pulls us from the Isle of Wight towards the Middle East after a deadly target.
Next Covert Ops mission 🐪 getbook.at/golden-camel
Next Covert Ops mission 🐪 getbook.at/golden-camel
“Stay Calm — A Sentinel’s Vigil.” One supermarket car park, one heartbeat: ordinary turns hostile, and training is the thin line it takes to keep you standing. 🎧 Listen—what moment flips your world to threat?
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#StayCalm #Poetry #Vigilance #PTSD @everyone
January 16, 2026 at 9:08 AM
“Stay Calm — A Sentinel’s Vigil.” One supermarket car park, one heartbeat: ordinary turns hostile, and training is the thin line it takes to keep you standing. 🎧 Listen—what moment flips your world to threat?
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#StayCalm #Poetry #Vigilance #PTSD @everyone
Writing a military thriller? Stop faking it. 🎯 Lesson One breaks down real genre DNA—stakes, operators under fire, authentic detail and pacing that hits like contact.
Get the briefing: bookscentral.co.uk/for-writers
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Get the briefing: bookscentral.co.uk/for-writers
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January 15, 2026 at 7:22 AM
Scars don’t show weakness—they forge strength. 💥 Leading with Scars reveals how hardship shapes true leadership. ⚔️ Listen now on Books Central Podcast 🎧 Covert Ops: Shadows Of Retribution
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January 14, 2026 at 7:54 AM
Scars don’t show weakness—they forge strength. 💥 Leading with Scars reveals how hardship shapes true leadership. ⚔️ Listen now on Books Central Podcast 🎧 Covert Ops: Shadows Of Retribution
👉 author.to/7rYGm
#Resilience #Leadership @eveyone
👉 author.to/7rYGm
#Resilience #Leadership @eveyone
2️⃣ Danger On The Island. Island life, they said. Quiet, they said. I’m dragged out of ‘retirement’ on the Isle of Wight when stolen sniper tech lands on my doorstep.
Mission two is locked and loaded 🎯
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Mission two is locked and loaded 🎯
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Covert Ops: Danger on the Island (Book 2)
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January 12, 2026 at 2:23 PM
2️⃣ Danger On The Island. Island life, they said. Quiet, they said. I’m dragged out of ‘retirement’ on the Isle of Wight when stolen sniper tech lands on my doorstep.
Mission two is locked and loaded 🎯
mybook.to/PYrBU
Mission two is locked and loaded 🎯
mybook.to/PYrBU
Lock in your mission mindset with Covert Ops: Team Tactics Handbook 🎯 Special forces tactics, mission drills, comms, PACE & OODA for military thriller fans, writers & leaders 📚
Grab your copy now ⚔️ author.to/team-tactics 🔥
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Grab your copy now ⚔️ author.to/team-tactics 🔥
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January 8, 2026 at 8:32 AM
Lock in your mission mindset with Covert Ops: Team Tactics Handbook 🎯 Special forces tactics, mission drills, comms, PACE & OODA for military thriller fans, writers & leaders 📚
Grab your copy now ⚔️ author.to/team-tactics 🔥
#everyone #tactics #covertops #veterans #veteranauthor
Grab your copy now ⚔️ author.to/team-tactics 🔥
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What does it take to hold the line when no one’s watching? 🎖️ The Long Watch—a gripping tale of duty, endurance, and silent heroism. ⚔️ Listen now on Books Central Podcast 21 🎧 Click here 👉 author.to/6krIT
#MilitaryThriller #Heroism #Podcast @everyone
#MilitaryThriller #Heroism #Podcast @everyone
January 6, 2026 at 12:44 PM
What does it take to hold the line when no one’s watching? 🎖️ The Long Watch—a gripping tale of duty, endurance, and silent heroism. ⚔️ Listen now on Books Central Podcast 21 🎧 Click here 👉 author.to/6krIT
#MilitaryThriller #Heroism #Podcast @everyone
#MilitaryThriller #Heroism #Podcast @everyone
Paradise isn’t peaceful when men like me land. Covert-Ops: Danger In Paradise drops me on a sun-soaked Caribbean island to fix a deniable problem. Cartels, corruption and broken British veterans.
Mission one starts here 👉
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Mission one starts here 👉
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January 6, 2026 at 8:34 AM
Paradise isn’t peaceful when men like me land. Covert-Ops: Danger In Paradise drops me on a sun-soaked Caribbean island to fix a deniable problem. Cartels, corruption and broken British veterans.
Mission one starts here 👉
#books #januarysales #sales #veteranauthor
Mission one starts here 👉
#books #januarysales #sales #veteranauthor
Snow falls; I lead the team—clean, quiet, British. My best-selling Covert Ops delivers authentic SF tradecraft and pace. 🎄🚁
Buy now ➜ viewbook.at/christmas-2025
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December 29, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Snow falls; I lead the team—clean, quiet, British. My best-selling Covert Ops delivers authentic SF tradecraft and pace. 🎄🚁
Buy now ➜ viewbook.at/christmas-2025
#CovertOpsSeries #MilitaryThriller #ThrillerBooks #ChristmasGifts #BookTok #books
Buy now ➜ viewbook.at/christmas-2025
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I plan the op; you bring the cocoa ☕🎯. We exfil by dawn and leave only wrapping paper 🎁. Covert Ops—best-selling, fast, precise, and hits hard 💥🚁.
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December 22, 2025 at 11:59 AM
I plan the op; you bring the cocoa ☕🎯. We exfil by dawn and leave only wrapping paper 🎁. Covert Ops—best-selling, fast, precise, and hits hard 💥🚁.
Buy now 👉 viewbook.at/christmas-2025
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Untamed Trails—your guide to UK wild camping 🏕️. Master clean navigation, tight kit, and Leave No Trace ethics 🧭. Gift safe, legal adventure this Christmas 🎄.
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December 18, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Untamed Trails—your guide to UK wild camping 🏕️. Master clean navigation, tight kit, and Leave No Trace ethics 🧭. Gift safe, legal adventure this Christmas 🎄.
Buy now 👉 author.to/untamed-trails
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Buy now 👉 author.to/untamed-trails
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I light the fuse on page one and hold to exfil 💥. Covert Ops delivers hard choices, tight drills, and zero quit ⚔️. Gift pure adrenaline this Christmas 🎄🔥
Grab your copy now 👉 viewbook.at/christmas-2025
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Grab your copy now 👉 viewbook.at/christmas-2025
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December 15, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I light the fuse on page one and hold to exfil 💥. Covert Ops delivers hard choices, tight drills, and zero quit ⚔️. Gift pure adrenaline this Christmas 🎄🔥
Grab your copy now 👉 viewbook.at/christmas-2025
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Grab your copy now 👉 viewbook.at/christmas-2025
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Expanding the Covert Ops universe 🔥 6 thrillers, the Characters & Places dossier 🗺️ and the Covert Ops Team Tactical Handbook 📚 with 5 operator manuals. Authentic tactics, sniper-precise action 🎯 author.to/team-tactics
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Expanding the Covert Ops universe 🔥 6 thrillers, the Characters & Places dossier 🗺️ and the Covert Ops Team Tactical Handbook 📚 with 5 operator manuals. Authentic tactics, sniper-precise action 🎯 author.to/team-tactics
@everyone #christmas #holidays #xmas
December 10, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Books Central
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Expanding the Covert Ops universe 🔥 6 thrillers, the Characters & Places dossier 🗺️ and the Covert Ops Team Tactical Handbook 📚 with 5 operator manuals. Authentic tactics, sniper-precise action 🎯 author.to/team-tactics
@everyone #christmas #holidays #xmas
@books_central
Expanding the Covert Ops universe 🔥 6 thrillers, the Characters & Places dossier 🗺️ and the Covert Ops Team Tactical Handbook 📚 with 5 operator manuals. Authentic tactics, sniper-precise action 🎯 author.to/team-tactics
@everyone #christmas #holidays #xmas
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I brief you in the dark; we step off clean. Covert Ops hits with authentic tradecraft and ruthless pace. 🎁❄️ Beat the last-post window; wrap the mission.
Buy now ➜ viewbook.at/christmas-2025
@everyone #xmas #holidays #christmas #gifts #books
@books_central
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3h
I brief you in the dark; we step off clean. Covert Ops hits with authentic tradecraft and ruthless pace. 🎁❄️ Beat the last-post window; wrap the mission.
Buy now ➜ viewbook.at/christmas-2025
@everyone #xmas #holidays #christmas #gifts #books
December 8, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Books Central
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3h
I brief you in the dark; we step off clean. Covert Ops hits with authentic tradecraft and ruthless pace. 🎁❄️ Beat the last-post window; wrap the mission.
Buy now ➜ viewbook.at/christmas-2025
@everyone #xmas #holidays #christmas #gifts #books
@books_central
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3h
I brief you in the dark; we step off clean. Covert Ops hits with authentic tradecraft and ruthless pace. 🎁❄️ Beat the last-post window; wrap the mission.
Buy now ➜ viewbook.at/christmas-2025
@everyone #xmas #holidays #christmas #gifts #books
I’ve turned the Covert Ops universe into a briefing file 🎯 Covert Ops: Team Tactical Handbook drops you into the team’s tactics, mindset and tools. Mission-ready guidance. Step into the shadows and grab your copy 🚁🔥 author.to/team-tactics
#everyone #covertops #tactics #books
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December 7, 2025 at 9:02 AM
I’ve turned the Covert Ops universe into a briefing file 🎯 Covert Ops: Team Tactical Handbook drops you into the team’s tactics, mindset and tools. Mission-ready guidance. Step into the shadows and grab your copy 🚁🔥 author.to/team-tactics
#everyone #covertops #tactics #books
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🎄 “First Week of December (And I’m Already Skint)” – a Christmas ballad for empty wallets, chaos trolleys and Secret Santa fails. 😂🎁 Soundtrack for panic-buying, tangled lights, dodging carols and laughing at the overdraft storm. 💳🍷
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December 5, 2025 at 1:53 PM
🎄 “First Week of December (And I’m Already Skint)” – a Christmas ballad for empty wallets, chaos trolleys and Secret Santa fails. 😂🎁 Soundtrack for panic-buying, tangled lights, dodging carols and laughing at the overdraft storm. 💳🍷
#everyone #xmas #holidays #christmas
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Quiet hours. Heavy whys. Calm learned, bonds unbroken 🕊️. Poetry From The PTSD Mind—my best-selling collection—walks from darkness to light 🌅A powerful Christmas gift for veterans, families, and allies 🎄
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December 4, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Quiet hours. Heavy whys. Calm learned, bonds unbroken 🕊️. Poetry From The PTSD Mind—my best-selling collection—walks from darkness to light 🌅A powerful Christmas gift for veterans, families, and allies 🎄
Buy now 👉 viewbook.at/Poetry-PTSD-...
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December 3, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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Ever wondered how convoys survive deadly ambushes? 🚚💥 In Navigating Kill Zones 🎧 I take you inside the chaos—explosions, tactics & courage under fire. Real missions. Real survival.
Join me now 👉 author.to/podcast-16 ⚔️🔥
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Join me now 👉 author.to/podcast-16 ⚔️🔥
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December 2, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Ever wondered how convoys survive deadly ambushes? 🚚💥 In Navigating Kill Zones 🎧 I take you inside the chaos—explosions, tactics & courage under fire. Real missions. Real survival.
Join me now 👉 author.to/podcast-16 ⚔️🔥
#followers #everyone #podcast #blackops
Join me now 👉 author.to/podcast-16 ⚔️🔥
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