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, October 21, 2020

Volumes 5, 6, and 7 now posted

 I have Volumes 5, 6, and 7 now added to SoundCloud. I must remind anyone who happens to listen to them that I am not a singer. I only do the vocals on these volumes because, not only am I not a singer, I don't even KNOW anyone who is a singer. No relatives, no friends, and no colleagues or acquaintances of mine are singers. So what are you gonna do? You do it yourself.

Which is okay. No one knows my music as well as I do anyway. And maybe if I did know someone who was a singer, who says they would want to sing my songs anyway?

So whatever. If anyone can PRETEND that a real singer was singing these songs, then MAYBE they could use that imagination to appreciate the real music behind those songs. That remains to be seen. But if you are able to do that, then by all means, check out the music.

Volume 5 is filled with great songs. Volume 6 is filled with great songs too, but Volume 7 is filled with songs that can be called masterpieces, especially the first song, Dream. And even if I never write another song, these volumes would stand the test of time.


But who says I won't write another song? I'll get back to writing new music soon enough. Just have to post what I have up there first and then get Volume 1 finished. We'll see how it goes.



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