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 4, 2010

Book Three

Can't help it. I know the people in the business will tell you to wait until your first novel is published before you write a sequel to it. Well, I took that advice when I was ready to write my second novel. I refrained from writing the sequel to Killer of Killers, and went in another direction. I had this idea for The Vase a long time ago, and so I thought, well, why not finally write that story. So I did.

Meanwhile, I landed an agent for Killer of Killers, and finished The Vase. But I have had the story for a sequel to KOK in my head ever since I finished the first one, so even though KOK is still in the submission stage, I have started to outline the second phase of Trent Smith's story. Once finished with the outline, I will not hesitate to begin the manuscript. Any author or any artist in general knows that when you have the inspiration to produce, you go for it. That's where I'm at. It's a story that needs to be told, and even I need to know how it ends.
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