Books
Fiction and non-fiction shaped by lived experience - not theory. From high pressure operations to the quieter battles that no one prepares you for.
Screw the Nut
Based on a true story, Screw the Nut is a high-tempo novel drawn from real operations and real decisions, where plans rarely survive first contact and consequences arrive fast. It’s fiction grounded in experience - written for readers who want authenticity rather than Hollywood gloss.
“Adam’s military experience and research have excelled onto paper creating a story that takes you through decades of dispute and deceit in a forgotten conflict that took so many lives.”
The Series
Screw the Nut is the first in a series exploring modern conflict, leadership under pressure, and the human cost of decisions made in hostile environments.
The sequel, Screw the Nut 2: Rescue Ryan, continues the story - expanding the stakes while staying rooted in realism.
Screw the Nut 2: Rescue Ryan
Arrives March 2026
“Totally compelling and realistic, Adam captures the brutality and dark humour of the British army at their best”
How I fell in love with my anxiety
This is not a self-help book full of easy answers. It’s an honest account of learning to live with anxiety rather than fighting it - written with dark humour, blunt truth, and the understanding that some battles don’t end, they just change shape.
Arrives 2026
“I laughed, I cried - and I wasn’t the same afterwards. A powerful reminder that anxiety isn’t an enemy to defeat, but a part of us to understand. Every child should be taught this.”
Be a cleaner
Be a Cleaner connects special forces thinking with the realities of business and leadership. It’s about adaptability, trust, and decision-making when the plan falls apart - because it always does. Written for people who want principles that work under pressure, not corporate slogans.
Arrives 2026
“Adam nails it! Brutal honesty. Zero nonsense. Read it and get out of your people’s way.”
“Experience beats theory”
All books by Adam Knights are informed by lived experience - not hindsight, not ideology, and not theory detached from consequence.