The Right Guard (The Allegiance Series, Book 1)

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

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Synopsis

“A must-read for any spy aficionado!” — Former Senior Operations Officer, CIA

“It is a profound book. One I won’t forget for a long while.” — Senior Military Officer, Pentagon

Someone is stealing weapons and ammunition from America's military bases. Who is stealing them and why? That is what CIA operative Eric Brent faces as he is being used by the CIA to flush out a secretive, "phantom" group hostile to a U.S. administration that threatens to destroy the American economy and shrink individual freedoms under the code name, Project Warrior.

Alexandra Hamlet’s first novel, The Right Guard, takes us on a suspense-filled journey through the world of intelligence and defense in the 1970’s. Over one million military weapons and equipment are missing from the U.S. military inventories across the country. Though set in 1978, The Right Guard resembles the present political and economic climate of the United States, giving the reader a sense that such a scenario is very conceivable even today.

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Author Biography

Alexandra Hamlet is an author, Cultural Anthropologist, and an International Consultant and Lecturer on cultural affairs in business and defense. She is a former television host and journalist with PBS. Her first novel, The Right Guard, won awards nationally and internationally.

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Author Insight

"Where do you get your ideas?"

Where does an author find his/her inspired creation for scenes in their work? Sometimes it's from a conversation throughout the day or a glimpse in a store window or like me, you approach a hallway in a government building and see a phone book fly out of someone's office and hit the opposite wall…followed by the phone and then an intensely upset government official. That exact mood was recreated in The Right Guard when Jill showed her frustration at being detained and broke a bank of windows at CIA Headquarters. Ideas come from everywhere including personal experiences and insights. When an author's creativity and life experience meet up with a passion to express it in fiction—art explodes on the written page. How well it compares to a real-life event and entertains, informs or illuminates us…defines its value as art.

Book Excerpt

The Right Guard (The Allegiance Series, Book 1)

He cut the plastic handcuffs away and gently inspected the red rings on her wrists. “Please stop wasting your energy. When Eric arrives, it’ll be okay.” He walked away.

She sat on the edge of the desk, pushed her hair back and watched the young man leave. She walked to the window and looked out—nothing but darkness then a few lights flickering through trees and scattering a large parking area. From every pore of her body, frustration, loss of sleep, anger, and pain suddenly began to build to a fierce explosion. “Bastards!” she yelled. Grabbing a crystal vase from a table, she entered the adjoining conference room and threw it against a windowpane, shattering the glass. Small pieces scattered and slivers sprinkled across the pale beige carpet. It felt so good to release her rage; she ran back to the office, snatched a heavy, battery-powered pencil sharpener on the desk and then ran back to the conference room. Jill blasted away at another set of windows.

The two security officers and the older man came rushing in. The blond had drawn his pistol. When he saw what happened he placed the gun back beneath his jacket in disgust. The older man made a quick exit.

The Right Guard (The Allegiance Series, Book 1)

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Alexandra Hamlet

The Right Guard (The Allegiance Series, Book 1)

Synopsis

Author Biography

Author Insight

"Where do you get your ideas?"

Book Excerpt

The Right Guard (The Allegiance Series, Book 1)

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