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.




Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Third and Final Round of Edits Completed

The Vase is good to go. Dare I say great to go. I'm referring to the level of writing that so many rounds of edits have achieved. Two other publishers put it through a round each, and then Penumbra's three preliminary rounds and now three additional rounds that came by me have made this the best manuscript it could possibly be. I'm ready to send it back to them, but I just want to give it a quick once over before I do. I always find something else to change, and just now I did. I changed a couple places already since I declared it done. Sure they were minor changes but they were changes nonetheless. So one more pass. Not a word by word read through. Just a quick going over, checking all the changes I made, and seeing if they might be made better. That's how the last couple minor changes happened. So that's what I'm going to do. I fully expect to send it today though. And it will rock and it will roll!
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