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

Transitions - Life is Movement

Pondering our fates one evening, some friends gathered for a meal of comfort food. We tried to come up with one word signifying the "definition of life." [Okay, slow evening.] It took about 2 hours sparring over this then I said, “Simple. Life is ‘movement’." No one disagreed but we were tired and left it at that. Looking back now, that definition still serves me well especially after such a difficult year as 2020. Transition in cultures can also be needed change and growth. If you have knee problems, bone on bone or joints that are worn out you can either address the need or keep moving in pain and putting a temporary pain patch over the situation, tempting future agony. Cultures in crisis are no different. I think the moment we ignore the roots of conflict we fight life’s natural movement for change. Whether it is your human body, a machine that needs maintenance or a culture, its survivability involves transition and care. I wish you a great 2021. I wish you hope, growth, and easier pathways to your goals. Let’s sail this ship of life together before she will not sail at all.

Book Excerpt

The Right Guard (The Allegiance Series, Book 1)

Shumacher paused a few seconds. He watched a young chestnut-colored thoroughbred led on a lunge line around the training ring. “Eric, you must know something now. I promised your father many things before he died. As your mother grieved and wasted away, I promised her too, to help all of you. I am an old man. There is not much for me now except to give advice and warn the young when hell is near.”

“What do you know?” Eric asked.

“Eric, there is more involved than what you are doing there.”

“I don’t understand,” Eric questioned.

“You must be careful. There is a man involved in this military thing that your father knew—an American. He tried to destroy Frederick after the war. This man, he will not stop at the grave if he knows who you are.”

“Who is he?” Eric asked.

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

Transitions - Life is Movement

Book Excerpt

The Right Guard (The Allegiance Series, Book 1)

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