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.




Friday, June 1, 2012

Planning for Summer

Being a teacher has some advantages. One of those advantages is the summer vacation. And it is imminent. I will be spending a lot of time with my two sons, like I do every summer. And for the last two summers, that includes watching my oldest son at his high school football practice. He's on the varsity team now and plays Fullback and Linebacker. Last year on the JV team he started both ways. Not sure just yet which he will be focusing on this year.

But I will be spending time bringing my youngest son up the football ropes, too. He looks like a quarterback right now. But he's only ten, so I can't say for sure. But he has a good arm. We'll see.

As for writing, I will be putting a lot of time into further revisions of KILLER EYES, editing KILLER OF KILLERS, more than likely get back to revising JOHN DUNN, and hopefully signing a contract and getting to editing THE VASE once again. And that doesn't even cover plotting out and outlining the third book in the KILLER series. Perhaps the final Trent Smith story. But who knows? In Trent Smith's case, the stories could be endless. Only time will tell.

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