I Must Betray You

The year is 1989 and communist regimes in Eastern Europe are falling apart. Seventeen-year-old Cristian Florescu is full of hope that Romania will be next, for his beloved country is ruled by an iron-fisted dictator. Lines for groceries are extremely long, and food like fruit, sodas, and chocolate are not available except on the black market. It is not safe to speak out against the government because houses are often bugged, and any information the secret police gathers on someone may be used to blackmail or bribe that person into becoming an informant on his own family and friends. When Cristian is approached and blackmailed to gather intelligence on his mother's employer, an American diplomat, he is shocked and dismayed, but the promise of much needed medicine for his ill grandfather makes him reluctantly agree...as though he has a choice, but Cristian is determined to turn the tables on the secret police and stay true to his beliefs but with spies all around him, it's a dangerous game...one that could hurt him or those he holds most dear. Best-selling author Ruta Sepetys has once again penned an outstanding, well-researched work of historical fiction!