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, October 23, 2020


 I'm getting all of my music posted on SoundCloud. And now Volume 4 is on there. For a long time, Volume 4 was one of my favorites of all the albums I had written and arranged. Because of songs like Letting it Go, My Lady, and The Greatest, the first three songs on there, it held a special place in my heart. And then followed by songs like Rule the Day, and Legacy, I was particularly proud of this one.

Of course, that's not to say that the songs Never the Same, Those Were the Days, and Time Out were any less favored. And concluding with Wake Up and Crystal Ball were particularly encouraging to me. In fact, I was thinking Crystal Ball might have been the best of the lot.

The bottom line is they are all great. The playlist is as follows:

Letting it Go
My Lady
The Greatest
Rule the Day
Legacy
Never the Same
Those Were the Days
Time Out
Wake Up
Crystal Ball

I talked about this album in depth on an earlier post. I'll just conclude here by saying that I have redone the songs that needed to be redone. Particularly Letting It Go and Crystal Ball. Still I would prefer a real singer singing them. But I've talked about that too. It is what it is. Great songs, but less than great vocals. Oh well. It is what it is.
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