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, January 24, 2013

Two Samantha Jones?

Well, I just found out that there's another Samantha Jones. I'm almost embarrassed to admit, I had never heard of the other Samantha Jones. It turns out that the TV show, Sex in the City has a character with that name. I don't watch that show, and I actually never watched it, nor have I seen the movie.

I think my wife might have watched it at times, but whenever it came on, I always excused myself and left to go write or something. So, I found out just  yesterday, that this Samantha Jones has been there the entire time. But it's okay. People do have the same name sometimes. I've even learned that there's another man with my name, the same first and last name. He lives in L.A. somewhere, but I've never met him, nor do I even know what he looks like.

And that came as a surprise, because my last name is not common at all. So it shouldn't be any surprise that with a common last name like Jones, there's another character with the same name. Still, I should have googled the name beforehand to make sure. But no big deal. Samantha Jones, to me, is the beautiful blond policewoman in Killer of Killers. That's all.

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