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, January 30, 2015

Finally-Another Review

It's been over a year since someone wrote a review for Killer of Killers, and since I've reached out to some reviewers, another review has posted.

Here's one quote: "I love the thrill of action-packed scenes but this one is like a breath of fresh air for me. This was my first time for an action-packed martial arts read." 

And here's another: "This read has those intense action scenes that didn't fail to give me that adrenaline rush of a book that I was hoping for and there were those unexpected heartbreaking scenes also."

But there was some critique, like this one: "When Samantha told Trent she loves him, I just find that a bit fast? And there were some japanese words that i didn't understand because it wasn't explained in english and I had to translate it on google."

But that just shows that it's not my sister or mother, or even some friend doing me a favor with an only positive review. So I'm okay with that. Actually, the drug could be responsible for Samantha's feelings, and maybe the reviewer didn't make that connection. On the other hand, maybe the drug wasn't responsible, which would warrant her comment. And the Japanese words were not needed to be translated, because I, as the writer, felt the context was not lost during that particular conversation, which was conducted mostly in English. (It was just that Trent wanted to prove his fluency in Japanese, so he threw in a couple Japanese sentences.)

Nevertheless, it's a great review. If every review is like this one, that's okay with me. You can read the entire review here.

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