Soldier. Entrepreneur. Author.
Adam Knights.
Former Parachute Regiment soldier turned entrepreneur and author
Writing about leadership, pressure, and the battles you don’t see.
Pressure doesn’t build character.
It reveals it.
I write about leadership, failure, and the space between duty and consequence.
These are not motivational books.
They’re about pressure, consequence, and what’s left when certainty disappears.
BOOKS
Fiction
Screw the Nut
A novel drawn from experience, where pressure exposes character.
Screw the Nut 2: Rescue Ryan
Some stories don’t let you walk away.
Coming 10/02/2026
Non-fiction
How I fell in love with my anxiety
A memoir about learning to live with what you can’t defeat.
Coming Summer 2026
Be a cleaner
Leadership lessons drawn from experience, not theory.
Coming Summer 2026
This is where the stories begin.
Fiction and non-fiction shaped by service, business, and lived experience.
Written for readers who value clarity, responsibility, and truth under pressure.
Speaking
Adam also speaks to leadership teams, organisations, and conferences about decision-making under pressure, resilience without bravado, and mental health in high performers.
These are grounded conversations - shaped by lived experience, not theory or slogans.