THE ELEVENTH COMMANDMENT
After her father’s death, psychology professor and mountaineer, Yael Levi, discovers fragments of her mother’s hidden past — and a link to a French arms dealer whose fortune was built on wartime betrayal. Seeking answers, Yael travels to Petite St. Claire, a Caribbean island where drifters, sailors, and exiles circle Juvier’s glittering estate.
What begins as a personal search becomes a dangerous mission where Yael learns that her mother’s death may not be the suicide she’s come to believe. Recruited by intelligence director Yates, who once swore an oath to keep her out of harm’s way, Yael must infiltrate Juvier’s world and get close enough to expose him — without losing herself.
From icy mountain climbs to sultry Caribbean nights, The 11th Commandment is a tense psychological thriller about legacy, betrayal, and a daughter’s quest to uncover the truth — no matter the cost.
PRIMARY CHARACTERS
YAEL LEVI
Mid 30s. Brilliant, volatile, yet emotionally self-contained, Yael is a research psychologist who has spent her life studying trauma while quietly burying her own. After her father’s death, fragments of her mother’s hidden past pull her into a dangerous reckoning. At once fiercely intelligent and a bit reckless, Yael is driven less by vengeance than by an uncompromising need for truth. A climber by instinct and discipline, she ascends toward danger rather than away from it — determined to confront Juvier, the man who shaped her family’s fate.
DAVID
Mid 30s. Both confidant and counterweight, David understands Yael’s pain and recklessness better than she does. Friends since childhood, and through their shared experiences as children of Holocaust survivors, he understands Yael’s buried traumas and the patience required to survive them.
YATES
50s. Seasoned intelligence director with the instincts of a field operative, Yates is measured, watchful, and rarely surprised. He once promised Yael’s father he would keep her safe — a promise he’s prepared to break in pursuit of Juvier, a player in a global arms cartel. Beneath his professional reserve is a man who recognizes in Yael extraordinary capability; an operative whose resolve he admires, and unpredictability he fears.
PHILLIPE JUVIER
Late 60s. Cultured, charismatic, and morally evasive, Juvier built his empire in the aftermath of war. A man who insists he only “takes orders,” he has spent decades in the shadowy trade of arms dealing while rewriting his own dark narrative — savior, survivor, benefactor. Beneath the refinement lies calculation and fear; he is both the architect of Yael’s tragedy and a prisoner of his own justifications.
JEAN MICHEL
Late 60s. Proprietor of the island’s harbor bar, Jean Michel is equal parts host, historian, and quiet sentinel. He is the romantic equivalent of Juvier, but his moral opposite. He has watched the tides of power shift around Juvier for years and knows how and when to assert himself to bring the Frenchman he considers his foe to justice.
JACK
Early 40s. Local pilot and undercover operative. Impulsive, resourceful, and seemingly indestructible, he’s equal parts adrenaline and loyalty, thriving in chaos while never losing sight of the mission — or the people he’s protecting.
PIERRE
Late 40s. A physician who escaped civilisation to become a sun-weathered sailor, Pierre lives for open water and uncomplicated truths. Lighthearted on the surface, he’s drawn to Yael’s intensity and pursues her with the be-and-let-be attitude expected of a beach bum. Yet, unbeknownst to him, he’s given her the skills and entrée she needs to complete her mission.
GABRIEL
50s. Juvier’s impeccably composed butler and right-hand man, Gabriel, is both gatekeeper and enforcer. Discreet, disciplined, and unwaveringly loyal, he can see around corners to protect Juvier from his passions, blurring the line between duty and his own self-interests.