


Its 17-year-old protagonist, Cristian, has been blackmailed by the secret police into becoming an informant on his friends and family, but risks his life to covertly fight for freedom. I Must Betray You (Philomel) is set in Romania in the late 1980s amid the brutal dictatorship of Nicolae Ceaușescu. Internationally acclaimed #1 New York Times-bestselling novelist Ruta Sepetys, whose Salt To The Sea was named to the Time’s list of 100 Best YA Books ever, will release a new historical thriller in February 2022, Oprah Daily reveals exclusively.
