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.




Thursday, May 24, 2012

KOK Part 3 in the Works

So while still revising KOK 2, which is KILLER EYES, and awaiting the first edits of KOK 1, which is, of course, KILLER OF KILLERS, I am planning part three in the series. And who knows? It could be the last of the series. It seems an awful lot of series are trilogies, the most famous, I think, being Lord of the Rings. But you have the two Star Wars trilogies, the Jason Bourne trilogy, (oh wait, they're coming out with a fourth one now aren't they? But the fourth one doesn't have the real Jason Bourne, so it won't count.) The three Transporter movies are among my all-time favorites, and the list goes on.

The preliminary title of KOK 3 will be THE KILLERS GUILD. The Killers Guild is actually introduced in KILLER EYES, and I don't want to give away any spoilers, but by the end of that story a reader might think it's a done deal. That's because I wrote it before KOK was offered a contract. And I wasn't even sure it would ever get published. And as I've explained before, I didn't want to keep writing books in a series that wasn't going to see print. So I made the ending one that could be a wrap. But I've got a few surprises in store. And now that KOK is getting published, I figure to at least go with a third installment.

Yes, it's time for THE KILLERS GUILD to get its own book. And title.
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