I Must Betray You

A #1 New York Times and National Bestseller! A gut-wrenching,startling historical thriller about communist Romania and the citizen spy network that devastated a nationfrom the #1 New York Times bestsellingaward-winning author of Salt to the Sea and Between Shades of Gray. Romania1989. Communist regimes are crumbling across Europe. Seventeen-year-old Cristian Florescu dreams of becoming a writerbut Romanians arenΓÇÖt free to dream; they are bound by rules and force. Amidst the tyrannical dictatorship of Nicolae Ceau╚Öescu in a country governed by isolation and fearCristian is blackmailed by the secret police to become an informer. HeΓÇÖs left with only two choices: betray everyone and everything he lovesΓÇöor use his position to creatively undermine the most notoriously evil dictator in Eastern Europe. Cristian risks everything to unmask the truth behind the regimegive voice to fellow Romaniansand expose to the world what is happening in his country. He eagerly joins the revolution to fight for change when the time arrives. But what is the cost of freedom? Master storyteller Ruta Sepetys is back with a historical thriller that examines the little-known history of a nation defined by silencepainand the unwavering conviction of the human spirit. Praise for I Must Betray You: ΓÇ£As educational as it is thrilling…[T]he power of I Must Betray You [is] it doesnΓÇÖt just describe the destabilizing effects of being spied on; it will make you experience them too.ΓÇ¥ ΓÇôNew York Times Book Review ΓÇ£A historical heart-pounderΓǪMs. Sepetysacross her body of workhas become a tribune of the unsung historical moment and a humane voice of moral clarity.ΓÇ¥ ΓÇôThe Wall Street Journal * \