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.




Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Added to Website

Worked on my website today. Got some more of my artwork on there. I figure if my main job is being an artist and art teacher, might as well focus on that. Got paintings, drawings, and sculptures on there now. Even a self-portrait. Now before you start thinking anything, I just want you to know it was required in Mr. Stewart's class. Every "Final Exam" in his class was a self portrait. So that's me way back when.

Did one of my wife, too, later, but it got knocked over during a party, and it wasn't covered in glass yet because I had just finished it. The chalk smudged all over. Felt real bad. If you're an artist, you know what I mean. For those of you who are writers, think of it this way: You just finished, say, a short story, but then your computer crashed and you didn't back it up. No, that's not really a good analogy. But it's close. It's not like you lost a whole novel. Now that would be a disaster. Hope that never happened to anyone.

The statues were fun. I was supposed to sell them to Paramount, but after they approved the quality, it turned out they already sold the copyright. Maybe I can sell them to whoever owns the copyright.

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