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.




Sunday, February 18, 2018

John Dunn and Second Chance soon to be not available

Just to let you know, both John Dunn; Heart of a Zulu and Second Chance; a Football Story will no longer be available as soon as what's left on the the Amazon stores are sold out. I see that Heart of a Zulu is down to one on Amazon and perhaps a few more that are available through outlets that sell through Amazon, and the same is true for Second Chance. How long that will last is anyone's guess.

I know from a collector's perspective that that could be a good thing. Collectors have a penchant for collecting things that are not available anymore. And those two books, at least in their current states will no longer be available pretty darn soon. Like I've been saying, I'm trying to get them published with other publishers, but the books of Knox Robinson will soon go the way of the dinosaur, and that means those two books as well.

That's what collectors live for. Collecting rare items. And very soon, KRP books will be just that. The same is true for first editions. And those editions from KRP will soon be the only editions. So just saying. Get them now before they are no more. Because no more editions will be printed. And what's there now is all there will be.

Until further notice I mean. And when they are published again, you can bet they will be better versions. Because I'm improving everything about them at this point. That means The Vase too. Whenever The Vase is published again, it will be a superior book. The writing for all three will be superior. And for me, as an author, that is the most important thing. It's the writing that shows the author's effort. And boy have I put in the effort SINCE the original publication of all three books.

I've been rereading my Killer books lately, too. I'm amazed at how well written those two books are. I wouldn't need to do too much rewriting for those. A few dialogue tags could be eliminated and perhaps a word here and there but that's about it. I'm glad for that. We'll see how things go.

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