


I Must Betray You will leave you breathless until the very last sentence.

His observations, intellect, and disarming humor, as well as his heartwarming affection for his family, friends, and partners, make his difficult choice at the center of the story even more gut-wrenching. The author weaves history into an emotional tale that merges genres, from coming-of-age to thriller and action-adventure seamlessly led by Cristian. Meticulously researched, it is also wonderfully paced storytelling. Sepetys’s novel is historical fiction at its best. diplomats-he is also given a chance to prove himself resourceful, flawed, and heroic. diplomat’s son-his mother cleans the apartments of two U.S. But when he gets recruited to spy on a U.S. The high school student is an adventuresome young man who dabbles in such illegal activities as watching smuggled American movies, writing in his journals, hoarding Kent cigarettes, and sharing a can of Coca-Cola. But no character is as thoroughly engrossing as Cristian Florescu. The novel is filled with unforgettable characters who convey varying aspects of the suffering and abuse of civil liberties by the communist government led by Nicolae Ceausescu. Seventeen-year-old Cristian Florescu dreams of becoming a writer, but Romanians. Communist regimes are crumbling across Europe. Ruta Sepetys’s new historical thriller I Must Betray You is an atmospheric, beautifully written story set as the 1989 Romanian Revolution fast approaches. Ruta Sepetys reads the first chapter I Must Betray You.
