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, February 18, 2013

This Week Off

School's out this week, and that means, since I'm a teacher, that I have the whole week to complete the revisions to Killer Eyes, and then send it to my publisher. I told Nancy, (Melange's publisher) that Killer Eyes would be ready this month, and I still think it will be.

But I've learned not to rush things. If it's not ready, I won't send it. It's not like I've been working on it all these years. That time was spent on Killer of Killers and The Vase, both of which are doing pretty well. Killer of Killers was published by Melange Books last August, and The Vase is in queue to be publisher by Penumbra Publishing right now.

But with all I've learned from the process, Killer Eyes won't need as much prepping. Becasue now I'm an experienced and published author, and that experience is being used wisely in Killer Eyes. In other words, everything I've learned about the writing process and publishing process from Killer of Killers and The Vase, I'm applying to Killer Eyes. It's a great coninuation of the Trent Smith Story. Can't wait for it to be finished so I can get busy with the third book in the series.
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