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.




Thursday, April 25, 2013

Now Edits Are Done

I let Penumbra know to hold their horses yesterday, and that I would have edits to The Vase finished by that night, and I did. I sent them the finished draft last night. It was late, so I'm sure they won't see it until today sometime, but I let them know about some of the changes to make sure they knew those changes were necessary. It would have been a disaster had they published The Vase before those edits could be implemented and I told them that, too.

But they were agreeable, and I expect everything to work out well. We'll see, but if they do, I would like them to edit my other books. First, however, I'll go over them myself and make sure they conform to the Penumbra guidelines, which are pretty strict. Very strict I should say, and that is something I appreciate. That's the way your book gets to be the best it can be, and what author wouldn't want that?
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