From New York Times bestselling author TJ Klune In the Lives of Puppets is a queer retelling
of the Pinocchio tale inviting you deep into the heart of a peculiar forest and on the
extraordinary journey of a family assembled from spare parts. New for paperback! This
paperback edition includes the poignant short story 'Reduce! Reuse! Recycle!' set in the same
extraordinary world . *A New York Times Sunday Times and Indie Bestseller* *Winner of the
Goodreads Choice Award for Science Fiction* In a small home built into the branches of a
tree live a human named Victor and three robots. These are a pleasantly sadistic nurse machine
a small vacuum desperate for love and attention and a fatherly inventor-android named Giovanni
Lawson. Together they're a family hidden and safe. Then Vic salvages an unfamiliar android
labelled 'HAP'. He learns that Hap and Gio share a dark past where they hunted humans. And Hap
unwittingly gives away Gio's location. Before they know it robots from Gio's former life
arrive - to capture and return the android to his old laboratory in the City of Electric
Dreams. The rest of the unconventional family must travel across an unforgiving and
otherworldly country to rescue Gio from decommissioning. Or worse reprogramming. Along the way
Vic must decide if he can handle his feelings for Hap - even if they come with strings
attached. Inspired by Carlo Collodi's The Adventures of Pinocchio In the Lives of Puppets
is a masterful standalone fantasy adventure from the author who brought you The House in the
Cerulean Sea and Under the Whispering Door . 'A deeply stirring journey through a world of
extraordinary robots' - Chuck Tingle Hugo-shortlisted author of Camp Damascus In the Lives
of Puppets was a No. 1 Sunday Times HB Bestseller w c 24 04 2023.
