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, February 29, 2012

I'm in a Great Place

As a writer, I am in a great place. My debut novel, KILLER OF KILLERS is coming out this summer, and I have had only great experiences with my publisher so far. The funny thing is, it's my third publisher. But I'm not complaining, because they are by far the best publisher yet.

And to make things more exciting for me, the novel that had been contracted twice before, THE VASE, is being considered by some pretty big publishers.

I'm sitting on two contracts for THE VASE right now. But I'm not signing anything yet. I want to see what happens first. And the longer you wait, the better your manuscript becomes. That is, if you keep on polishing it. And that I have. Right now, both KOK and THE VASE are very polished manuscripts, and they're better books now than they would have been had they been published a year ago.

So, keep on making your ms better. Time goes by no matter how you look at it, and the more you work on your writing, the better your writing becomes. That's all.
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