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.




Thursday, July 28, 2011

Debut Novel, THE VASE

I am writing my fourth novel, now, and with three under the belt already, I was thinking that it's a good thing that my debut novel will be THE VASE.

I'm an art teacher after all. I teach ceramics as well as drawing and painting. And THE VASE is certainly a subject that has something to do with ceramics. I would like to make it known to my colleagues in education about this book when it comes out. I'm even hoping it might be included in the school libraries.

I know that my other two books, KILLER OF KILLERS and KILLER EYES, would not be included in any middle school library. It's too much of an adult read. There's too much violence and sex, and too much off the wall stuff that goes on in those two.

Maybe that's why they're so good. But regardless, if my Killer books came out first, I really couldn't say too much about them at my school. Not so for THE VASE. It's a great story that does have some violence but no sex, and if you are someone who needs sex to read a book, then you'll have to wait for the other ones. THE VASE is a good clean story for almost all ages.
Posted by at
Labels:

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)