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.




Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Time Flies

Talk about time flying. Already the third trimester at my school has started. Swoosh…there go the first two trimesters. And before you know it, it will be summertime. Nothing wrong with that. It will be time to write a new book. Maybe complete that YA I started a couple months ago. I put it on the back burner because of THE VASE. And nothing wrong with that, either. THE VASE is getting published, so I have to make it as perfect as possible.

Since I found out how good a real editor can be, it makes me wonder even more how the senior editing will go. Maybe those optional edits won’t be optional anymore? It’s logical. At this stage, as Ti told me, the edits are optional. I can take them or leave them. Mostly I take them, although it’s true, sometimes I don’t. Which makes me think that when the MS is in the senior editing stage... We’ll see.
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