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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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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 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.

Join the fight 👉 viewbook.at/Danger-In-Pa...
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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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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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🔥🎯📘

Join the mission here: getbook.at/danger-in-pa...
October 13, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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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
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Eyes up. I’m Steve Barker—S3. A cartel takes my daughters; I strike back across the Caribbean with British SF precision: military thriller, covert ops, black-ops tactics, relentless action.

Ready to deploy? viewbook.at/the-legacy

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October 6, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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🔦 One true detail. One held breath. I show how to supercharge military-thriller tension—clipped comms, razor-clean pacing, sensory hits that bite. If you write action, this is your field brief.

Read now 👉 bookscentral.co.uk/for-writers 🪖🎯🔥
September 30, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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🐪 A ruthless syndicate built on oil, greed & fear. 💀 When an insider is kidnapped, 🎖️ Steve Barker’s covert team must infiltrate before time runs out. ⚡ Explosive action, deadly conspiracies, relentless twists. 🕶️

Learn more👉 viewbook.at/golden-camel

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September 22, 2025 at 7:07 AM
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🪖 You haven’t worn the kit? You can still get it right. My new blog shows how to earn authenticity without a badge—one true detail, disciplined research, ethics first, consequence over catalogue.

Read the field brief 👉 bookscentral.co.uk/for-writers
September 16, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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George—ex-Grenadier Guard, elite sniper, forged in war. 🎯 From Iraq to Afghanistan, he’s the quiet protector with deadly aim. Loyal, disciplined, and always watching. As Covert-Ops: Shadows of Retribution launches 1st Oct, we profile the team's long-range guardian.
September 13, 2025 at 6:47 AM