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, April 10, 2012

Better that it's Raining

So it's raining now, and that is good for me. Now instead of driving the family to Santa Cruz or San Francisco, I can put some time in for writing. I would like to get this editing draft done for KILLER EYES. I am hoping that Melange will be contacting me any day with edits on KILLER OF KILLERS, and it would be best if KILLER EYES had at least another read-through finished.

I would even like to get a read-through done on JOHN DUNN, too. I want to send it as a sample read to one of the forum members on that Zulu War forum. Most of those guys are middle-aged Brits, and I am curious to see how they would respond to it. I figure those are the guys who most likely would be reading a book about John Dunn, since a major portion of the story involves the Anglo-Zulu War.

OK, back to KILLER EYES.
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