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, June 24, 2013

Finally Saw an Amber Heard Movie

Amber Heard
I know that my posts about Amber Heard have attracted many readers, since my 'stats' page indicates that. She must be a pretty popular girl worldwide, and that's understandable. She is, after all, my choice for the part of Samantha Jones, the police detective in my debut novel, Killer of Killers. And speaking of Amber Heard, I finally saw an Amber Heard movie. It was last night on the Showtime channel. The movie was called Drive Angry, and I watched it because Amber Heard was in it. I thought it was my first chance to see if she could act. And she CAN. She co-starred with Nicholas Cage, and even though I had some problems with the screenplay, it did showcase the acting talents of Amber Heard, and they were more than credible--as good as any of the other actresses out there. So she still gets top preference for the Samantha Jones part, if KOK ever gets made into a movie. We'll see. I want it reloaded first, and then we'll talk more about that.
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