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Hey there, fellow book lovers and wordsmiths! I'm Steve Barker, and I'm thrilled you've chosen to join the unique and vibrant literary community at Books Central. bookscentral.co.uk
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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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December 10, 2025 at 7:31 AM
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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

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December 8, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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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

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December 7, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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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
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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
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Check out our festive season gifts website

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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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December 2, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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Snow on the ground, heat on the target. I take the shot; you feel the recoil. Covert Ops—my best-selling SF thriller—delivers ruthless pace and precision. 🎄🎯

Buy now ➜ viewbook.at/christmas-2025

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December 1, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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Weekend mode: ACTIVATED 🕶️✍️ The keyboard’s on vacation, my brain’s out of office, and my coffee mug just retired. ☕🛋️ If you see me dodging Christmas shoppers like it’s the Hunger Games, ho no you didn’t. 🎯🎄 Zero word counts, maximum snacks. 🍕
November 28, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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⚡Lead under pressure? Battle Proven Leadership by Steve Barker unlocks military tactics—OODA Loop, PACE planning, psychological safety, AARs—to boost clarity and cohesion.

Claim your edge now: viewbook.at/proven-leade... 📘

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November 27, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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Take a deep dive into Covert Ops: Danger in Paradise, where paradise becomes a battlefield. Follow British veteran Steve as he leads a covert mission against a ruthless cartel. Loyalty, courage & survival are tested.

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November 25, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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Want to write gunfights that make readers hold their breath? 💥 In Writing Gunfights 🎧 I reveal how to craft action that feels real—full of emotion, tension & precision. Every shot counts.

Listen now 👉 author.to/podcast-14 ⚔️🔥
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November 18, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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Five weeks to Christmas 📅. Peak Retail: glitter hair, sprouts in tote 🥦. Chocolate orange 🍊: be the hero. Self-checkout 🤖: 'Unexpected item'—my dignity 🫠. Negotiating with a prawn

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November 14, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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Steve Barker here 🎯 Need a Christmas gift that actually gets read? 🎁 My Covert Ops series hurls you into razor-edge missions—readers say it’s impossible to put down. 💥

Grab the set for weeks of adrenaline: author.to/christmas-gi...

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Christmas Gift Ideas: for the Holidays
Discover thrilling Christmas gift ideas with the Covert Ops series—perfect holiday books for fans of fast-paced action, suspense, and unforgettable stories.
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November 13, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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Ever wondered what it feels like when silence becomes the enemy? 🕵️‍♂️ Step into Contact in Wide Open 🎧 — from Covert Ops: Shadows of Retribution. Every move counts, every breath matters.

Join the mission 👉 author.to/podcast-13 ⚔️🔥

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November 11, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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Eyes up. I’m Steve—S3. THE LEGACY: a cartel takes my daughters; I hit back with British SF precision across the Caribbean—covert operations, black-ops tactics, relentless suspense. Military thriller

Ready to deploy? viewbook.at/the-legacy

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November 10, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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Bonfire Night. I stage the garden like a FOB: buckets, blankets, and tea on the boil. We celebrate a failed explosion… with more explosions. Sparklers become ‘tactical light wands’, and marshmallows get a rapid toasting drill. 🎇🔥

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November 5, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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Eyes on me. I’m Steve—S3. THE EXTRACTION: a kidnapped asset in a hostile city. I lead a British SF covert-ops raid through night markets. Military thriller, covert ops, suspense.

Ready to deploy? 🔥🎯 viewbook.at/the-extraction

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November 3, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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Contact. Stand to. The long war doesn’t end. I live with Complex PTSD—and wrote the manual he needed. 📘 Stand Up: Living With Military PTSD—paperback now. 🧭 Drills + UK care: GP, Op COURAGE, Combat Stress. 🫡 Veterans, serving, families. 🎖️

learn more: author.to/stand-to

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October 30, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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Steve here 👋 Crave a ruthless ride? Covert Ops: Shadows Of Retribution—my team hunts a WWII relic from the Isle of Wight to Heinrichsberg to save Dr Petrov. Blacked-out helos, zero margin 🔥

Read tonight and don't plan to sleep. Join me: viewbook.at/shadows-of-r...

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October 27, 2025 at 7:08 AM
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🎒 Off-mission, I switch to bedtime ops 🧸—children’s stories of courage, friendship and wonder for ages 3–8. Great for read-alouds or first readers. Paperbacks, ebooks, audiobooks.

Explore 👉 author.to/kids-books 📚🌙✨
October 23, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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I crack the dossier. Covert Ops: Characters and Places is your field brief to my world—S3, the team, ruthless foes, mission hotspots. From island cafés to fortified ports, get intel on people, kit, and terrain.

Don’t just follow—run the mission. 🔥📖🗺️🎯
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October 17, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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Eyes front. I’m Steve—S3. Covert-Ops: Danger in Paradise—ruthless crew seizes an island; I lead black-ops to retake it. Overwatch, CQB, tradecraft, explosive extraction. British military thriller—join me🔥🎯📘

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October 13, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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As the silence of Remembrance Day approaches, we prepare with At Least We Forget—a moving series of 5 songs honouring sacrifice, memory, and resilience. Each note carries a story, each lyric a tribute. Join the journey of remembrance

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October 10, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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Battlefields fall silent; minds don’t. 🎖️ In Stand To, I cut through stigma, explain trauma’s impact, and give clear steps to regain control—signs, triggers, meds, peer support, family fallout. 🧠🛡️

learn more: author.to/stand-to

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October 9, 2025 at 12:33 PM