Alexandra Hamlet is a Harvard-educated cultural anthropologist, international lecturer and defense anthropologist. She is a former television host, producer, journalist, and international consultant on cultural affairs and international business. She was an auxiliary nurse in London, England; international lecturer and consultant specializing in the Far East and Pacific Rim; Visiting Fellow, Harvard University; executive search specialist for world-wide C-suite positions; consultant on irregular warfare and a defense anthropology consultant with the US military and intelligence as well the governments of New Zealand, Australia and Indonesia. The Right Guard is her first novel of a trilogy.