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.




Thursday, May 3, 2012

Readers From All Over

In the "stats" section on the blog menu, bloggers can see what countries are included in the audience of their blogs. When I check that out, I see people are reading this blog from all over the globe. Mostly the United States, but the second most readers are in Russia. Wow. Russia. So hello to all the Russian readers.

Now I'm glad that I made one of my main characters in KILLER EYES a Russian. As you may know, KILLER EYES is the sequel to KILLER OF KILLERS. And the Russian character is a nuclear physicist who is recruited to work on the miracle drug invented by the antagonists in my debut novel. His name is Doctor Vladimir Blitzkin. OK, so Blitzkin may not be a traditional Russian name, but I make a habit to not give traditional names to my characters.

But Dr. Blitzkin is a noble character and his role is significant in the story. And now that I have found so many readers of this blog are in Russia, I'm glad I did that.

But there are readers from a lot of other countries. According to my stats page, there are readers from a spattering of other European countries, many in Asia, and even Africa and the Middle East.

And then there's Canada and different South American countries, too.

I wonder how they even found out about this blog. If I were to go by the comments alone, I might think no one ever reads this thing. But that's not the case according to that stats page. Here's hoping everyone will buy a copy of KILLER OF KILLERS. It's a great story. If you like martial arts movies, you will like KOK. Stay tuned.

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