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, July 25, 2012

ARC due next week

Melange Books releases their newest books on the last Sunday of every month. And that is what Nancy, the Melange publisher is busy with right now. But then, she says, she'll get my ARC done and sent to me, which is a big thing for me.

I said no to the option of having my photo on the back cover. They have the photo from my teachers website, and it's not a big photo. I don't think the pixels are sufficient. But that's all right. I know some authors have their photos on the book, and some don't.

It's just as well. If readers want to see what I look like, there are plenty of photos. My website, the blog, and the Goodreads and Authors Den, too, which is the same photo, btw. So what's more important is the blurb.

I've split my blurb in two. The first paragraph will be in the beginning of the book, and the last three paragraphs on the back cover.

Check out the link for KILLER OF KILLERS in the side bar to the right. It's in there. I don't want to write it out again, and if I cut and paste, it pastes all that black background with it. Stay tuned.
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