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, January 12, 2012

Melange - So Far So Good

They seemed to like that cover. I sent them the improved design just this morning when the publisher replied with a cc to their art cover person. I cc'd the art person, too, with the improved design.

But it is an improved design. I don't know if anyone caught the original design, but it had a typo in the top text, so that was fixed. And as I explained in my update yesterday, I found a better and more appropriate font. I also centered the text which improved the overall design just for that. I also got rid of that high contrast. At first I liked it, but then I changed my mind. Another thing I did to improve the design was I made that top text easier to read by eliminating most of those sparks that were behind the text. You could barely read it, but now it reads easily. And lastly, I had noticed that Melange Books doesn't put "A novel by..." on their books, so I deleted that. Just the author name is all Melange puts on their books, so I did it that way, too.

Yeah, I'm excited. Can you tell? KILLER OF KILLERS IS GETTING PUBLISHED. And of all four of the books that I wrote, that one is still my favorite story. This is big for me. Good luck to everyone who aspires to be published out there.
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