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.




Friday, June 8, 2012

Last Day of School Today

And that's important because now I can put more time into writing. I'll be working on at least three and maybe four different books this summer. First, I'm putting most of my writing time into revising KILLER EYES, the sequel to KILLER OF KILLERS. Second, and hopefully any day now, I'll be working with the edits on KILLER OF KILLERS preparing it for publication this August 26th. Third, I will be plotting out and beginning the third book in the KILLER series, tentatively titled THE KILLERS GUILD, and fourth, hopefully working on the edits to THE VASE which I am still hoping will be picked up by a publisher sometime soon.

So that will keep me busy over the summer vacation. But of course, my sons will keep me busy, too. I'm taking the family to Disneyland over the Fourth of July week, and my sons will be studying over the summer and my older son will also be playing football on the varsity of his high school team.

Yes, it will be a busy summer, and most likely, a fast one. But this time it's OK, because at summer's end KILLER OF KILLERS will be released. I'll be a published author, and my journey to publication will have been realized.
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