Will iconic images recorded in the grooves of an ancient vase unite the Holy Land or rip it further apart?

THE VASE

A novel by Mark M. DeRobertis

Muhsin Muhabi is a Palestinian potter, descended from a long line of potters. His business is run from the same shop owned by his ancestors since the day his forebears moved to Nazareth. The region's conflict saw the death of his oldest son, and rogue terrorists are in the process of recruiting his youngest in their plot to assassinate the Pope and Israeli prime minister.

Professor Hiram Weiss is an art historian at Nazareth’s Bethel University. He is also a Shin Bet operative on special assignment. With the help of fellow agent, Captain Benny Mathias, he plans to destroy the gang responsible for the death of his wife and only child. He puts a bomb in the ancient vase he takes on loan from Muhsin’s Pottery Shop.

Mary Levin, the charming assistant to the director of Shin Bet, has lost a husband and most of her extended family to recurring wars and never-ending terrorism. She dedicates her life to the preservation of Israel, but to whom will she dedicate her heart? The brilliant professor from Bethel University? Or the gallant captain who now leads Kidon?

Harvey Holmes, the Sherlock of Haunted Houses, is a Hollywood TV host whose reality show just flopped. When a Lebanese restaurant owner requests his ghost-hunting services, he believes the opportunity will resurrect his career. All he has to do is exorcise the ghosts that are haunting the restaurant. It happens to be located right across the street from Muhsin’s Pottery Shop.




Monday, July 11, 2011

Young John Dunn


I've finally found a photo of a young John Dunn. Here he is at about aged thirty, I should think. (Did I just say, "I should think?" Sheesh, I'm doing so much research and reading about this period, I'm beginning to talk like them! Next thing I know, I'll be saying, "Tally ho!" and "By Jove!")

Anyway, I had to get this from a larger collection of photos, and then crop it for the individual shot. As for my book, I have at least a working title for it, now. John Dunn of Zululand. I know it sounds plain and it's not original, but it's one that makes sense. The story features John Dunn in Zululand, after all.

I'll try to get more photos posted this week. Virtually all photos of him are in his older years, but that's proabably because that was when photography was becoming more available. This is the only one that I can find when he was still in his prime.
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