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, February 22, 2013

It's late, but this is too much FUN

I better get to bed, but I'm telling you, going over these edits is just too much fun. Maybe the MOST fun. Yes, easily the BEST part of being a writer...and an author. The part where you get your manuscript back from a PUBLISHER, who has just EDITED your manuscript, and you are going over those edits and making your manuscipt PERFECT, because the editors did an OUTSTANDING job on YOUR BOOK!

I mean, this is what writers live for. It's real. It's happening right now, and you don't want it to end. I know that this is not the first time for me. It's actually the THIRD time for The Vase, and of course I went through this with Killer of Killers, too. And that one actually got published.

But like I said, Penumbra is OWNING this book. I mean, I really have the feeling that they have taken this book SO SERIOUSLY. Especially Grayson. Man, oh man, I am pumped. How can I hit the sack? If I do, I won't sleep. My wife's already asleep, so I'll get back to work. Better call it a night pretty soon, though. I dare not stay up past two. If I do, it'll end up being four in the morning before I hit the sack. But this is just too much fun. Okay!
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