Tomorrow It Could Be You

Drawn from real-life accounts, Tomorrow It Could Be You is a gripping story of ordinary people confronting state brutality. It's a stark warning of how quickly democracy can vanish — and why this story could be anyone's.

Catalunya, Spain, 1 October 2017. Fifteen-year-old Laia queues with her family to vote in the independence referendum — while riot police across the region smash through school doors to seize the ballot boxes. Within weeks, her father, a civic leader who called for calm, is imprisoned and charged with sedition.

As the region is thrown into turmoil, her best friend turns against her. Classmate Sonia draws Laia into a youth democracy movement, where she meets Xavi, an activist who makes her question which side she's on. And as she digs into her family's past, she uncovers what really happened to her great-uncle, who vanished in the Spanish Civil War.

When her father's sentence comes and Barcelona burns, Laia must choose whether to stay in the shadows or risk her own freedom to expose the truth.

Perfect for readers of Ruta Sepetys' I Must Betray You and Angie Thomas' The Hate U Give.

Top 100 of nearly 3,000 entries — Bath Novel Award 2025

Praise for Tomorrow It Could Be You

"Finally! The first ever work of fiction to dramatise the Catalan independence referendum of October 1st 2017 and its long aftermath… The reader never gets the feeling that he or she is getting slapped around the head by political propaganda… A really good book about an incredibly complicated situation. One of the great achievements of the book is that it successfully explains a story about human rights that has been almost completely ignored, but without preaching." — Matthew Tree, author and critic

"A sobering reminder of the fragility of freedom. The story is well-told, and the pieces of history are skilfully woven in." — Sherry Ellis, author

"A necessary read." — Wayne Mullane, author

Catalan edition, Demà podries ser tu, translated by former Catalan MP Antoni Strubell and Jordi Vilanova — coming soon.