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, April 25, 2012

Blog Name Might be Changed

If anyone read this blog when I started it, they might remember that it had a different name. I wanted to rename the blog when I got a book contract, and when I signed on with Virtual Tales, (now defunct,) for THE VASE I renamed the blog.

But now it's KILLER OF KILLERS that has the book contract and not THE VASE.

So what to do? Rename the blog KILLER OF KILLERS? Or maybe just KILLER? It doesn't have a ring to it. Perhaps something like, THE KILLER BLOG. Or THE BLOG OF KILLERS? Doesn't sound right to me.

I would like to retain the blog name as it is now: THE VASE. But when it comes to promoting your books, it's a better idea, I think, to promote the one that's getting published.

I believe THE VASE will get another book deal, and then the blog name will be appropriate. But if it doesn't happen soon, it will behoove me to change it. We'll see. Patience is in order, that's all.
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