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, July 16, 2012

Final Edited Draft Sent-ARC Due This Week

And for me it's a milestone. It's further on the road to publication than I have traveled before. And before, the furthest I had reached was a round of edits on THE VASE, although I reached that point twice with two different publishers.

But now, the final draft of KILLER OF KILLERS has been sent to the publisher, (Saturday) who said that I will be receiving the ARC sometime this coming up week. I believe that it will be formatted in the way it will be published. I'm expecting to see a cover and all the mumbojumbo at the beginning, and then the Prologue and then Chapter One, etc.

So I will just have to relax and see how it turns out. In the meantime, check out all the great releases over at Melange Books if you have time. I have to say that if they liked my story, KILLER OF KILLERS, (and they did,) then they must have impeccable taste in stories. Absolutely impeccable.

August 26th can't come soon enough for me. But it will. Just watch.

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