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 15, 2011

Inspiration

I've lamented before that I'm not as lucky as many writers who have the support from their loving spouses and a network of friends when they write.

Well, I must give some props to my brother, because he is so into my writing that I really am lucky. He's been my Beta reader, and his enthusiasm for my novels equals my own.

It was my brother who got the writing bug when we were kids. And it was he who inpired me to write books, too. But college and a career as a lawyer put his novels on hold for near thirty years. For me it was art and music, plus my own college and my teaching career that steered me away from writing books. Alas, I was still being creative. And all these years later,I decided to get back into writing.

And now, I am the one who has inspired him to get back to writing. He's working on the story he left off thirty years ago. I'm sure it's going to be a great one.

So yeah, I'm not without support from someone in the family. And what's so great about it is that it's real.
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