Mark DeRobertis
Fiction: Paranormal, Suspense, Fantasy
During an unusual heat wave in
Nazareth, a series of freak geomagnetic storms sets in motion a bizarre chain
of events, all of which revolve around a lone ancient vase. The vase belongs to
a humble Palestinian potter who depends on the largess of tourists to earn his
meager living from sales of earthenware in the Old City Market. He is no
stranger to violence, having lost his eldest son three years before, when Hamas
terrorists convinced the boy to participate in a terrorist attack. The potter
is determined to keep his remaining son safe, but he has no idea the terrorists
are secretly recruiting him to follow his older brother’s footsteps in a plot
to assassinate the Pope and the Israeli prime minister during an upcoming tour of
the Holy Land.
After being recruited by Shin Bet,
the Israel Security Agency, a Jewish art professor plots revenge for the death
of his only son in the same terrorist attack three years before. Realizing the
terrorists use the potter’s shop as a clandestine meeting place, the professor
convinces the potter to lend him an ancient vase from his ancestral collection for
art history classes at the local university. With the help of a fellow
operative, the professor plants a remote-control bomb inside the vase and then returns
it to the potter.
Meanwhile, the appearance of
apparitions in the Old City Market – Roman soldiers, ancient Islamic warriors,
and more – causes local Muslim holy men to curse a lucrative Lebanese
restaurant located across the street from the potter’s shop. Desperate to rid
his business of the spirits, the restaurant owner calls on the Hollywood host
of a ghost hunter reality show. Despite the ghost hunter’s best efforts, things
quickly get out of hand. Are the apparitions really ghosts or just Hollywood illusions?
Perhaps they’re the result of a freak act of nature – or God. While the world
reels from the amazing images, fear, hatred, and revenge spiral out of control,
leading to secret plots, lies, and murder. Key people work together or against
each other to stop the planned assassinations, but will a final apparition help
turn the tide of events?
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