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.




Saturday, February 15, 2025

The New Year and What it will Bring

So 2025 is well underway. And the new year brings a great prospect of change for the better. I will remain a teacher, sure, as it brings a great deal of contentment and satisfaction knowing that I am contributing to society in a great way. But I would like to believe that I can contribute to society in another way. Sure, raising two great sons who are now in their twenties was a great task. Especially since they too are contributing to society in the health and fitness field. But my contributions, I would like to believe, also contribute in the artistic way. That being in art, music, and literature. I will continue to revise and improve both my music and my novels. I have already begun writing songs for what would be my fifteenth album. I began last summer, but it took a pause when I decided to improve the songs I had already published. And I did. And I will continue to do. And I will continue to improve the novels. My goal is to see the novels republished this summer and to finish my fifteenth album of music this summer as well. It's a tall order. But it's what I do.
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