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

Second Chances...Do they Exist?

Do we really have second chances? Lost loves, making a first impression, correcting something said in haste, approaching a former lover…is it possible to have a do-over? In The Right Guard, Eric previously chose duty and service to his country over love. It was a choice that could not involve Jill for her own safety. It still haunted him in his dark moments. If a person will not consider giving someone a “do-over” in life, that says more about them, not the relationship. Some cultures rarely give second chances thinking an act is set in stone, saying it indicates fate and cannot be changed or improved. Other cultures think people can learn from their mistakes, forgiveness improves your own wellbeing, and do-overs are practical and save time and energy in emotional investments. Then, there is everything in between. An author has great freedom in shaping characters. If you are writing to show compassion, your character will be willing to reconsider a former relationship. Forgiveness, in all its manifestations, gives the reader a quick inside track into a character, their future and the culture that shaped them. Oddly, it may also define us.

Book Excerpt

The Right Guard (The Allegiance Series, Book 1)

A sea captain at the end of the Civil War built Drake’s home in Georgetown. Close to the narrow street, it sported a mellow-pink brick front, double entrance doors of stained oak and a large, well-polished doorknocker. His living room and library had retained its original dark walnut paneling. It was there that the fifty or so guests, some that Drake even knew, mixed, drank, gossiped and eavesdropped.

Eric saw Jill Warren before she saw him. Leaning against the wood paneling in the front hallway, he watched her sip from her glass, her rich dark brown hair cascaded to her shoulders framing her porcelain-colored, perfectly oval face. Physically she had changed little since their college days. Eric noticed the thin line at the corners of her full, sensitive lips and thought it made her look even sexier. She was talking to one of the local studs, who obviously thought he was getting lucky. Eric knew he would change that misperception.

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

Second Chances...Do they Exist?

Book Excerpt

The Right Guard (The Allegiance Series, Book 1)

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