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, January 31, 2012

Time for KILLER OF KILLERS

I have written a lot about the John Dunn story lately because it's my WIP, but now it's time to start promoting KILLER OF KILLERS. That's the book getting published after all, and not 18 months from now, like the Cogito contract said for THE VASE. No, KOK is scheduled for release this summer which makes it about six months from the time I signed the contract.

And that is refreshing. Virtual Tales never gave me a release date, but maybe if I go back and read the contract again, I'll find a reference to that, I just don't remember what it was right now. Anyway, six months sounds about right. That provides time for editing, a cover design, and any more editing that needs to be done. Why a publisher needs a year and a half makes no sense to me, unless they have so many books lined up that there really is an 18 month drag.

But now I'm starting to think about promotion. How should I go about it? I had renamed this blog THE VASE because I thought that THE VASE was going to be my debut novel. So, yeah, I'm considering changing the name again. But to what? KILLER OF KILLERS? Maybe just KILLER? Doesn't sound quite right for a blog. Not that THE VASE does either. Something to think about. So I'll start writing more about KOK in blog posts from now on. Got to focus on that. It is my favorite story after all. And it's my favorite book. Not that I've read so many, but it's the story I enjoy the most whenever I read it. Yes, I like it even more than THE VASE. Really.
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