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.




Monday, April 16, 2012

Editing For KOK

Well, I was going to go back to JOHN DUNN, but then I figured to keep on with KILLER EYES. It's the story, and the setting, and the character I'm going to be working with on my soon-to-be published novel, KILLER OF KILLERS. I'm thinking any day now, the editor at Melange will be contacting me with edits for that one.

I am confident that it is a polished manuscript. I might go so far as to say that it has no more typos. It's my oldest and most worked-on manuscript, after all, but I'm sure that an editor will have something to say about it. So I'll keep my mind on that "universe" with the sequel KILLER EYES, until it happens.

Cant’ wait to get started, that’s all. Let the edits begin!
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