In the Lives of Puppets
By TJ. Klune

Aand NEW YORK TIMES, SUNDAY TIMESand AND INDIE BESTSELLER!Most Anticipated from BookPage - Goodreads - The Nerd Daily - Paste Magazine - LitReactor - OverDrive - LGBTQ Reads - Tor.comand -and LibraryReadsand - moreNew York Timesand bestselling author TJ Klune invites you deep into the heart of a peculiar forest and on the extraordinary journey of a family assembled from spare parts."An enchanting tale of Pinocchio in the end times." --P. Djèlí ClarkIn a strange little home built into the branches of a grove of trees, live three robots--fatherly inventor android Giovanni Lawson, a pleasantly sadistic nurse machine, and a small vacuum desperate for love and attention. Victor Lawson, a human, lives there too. They're a family, hidden and safe.The day Vic salvages and repairs an unfamiliar android labelled "HAP," he learns of a shared dark past between Hap and Gio-a past spent hunting humans.When Hap unwittingly alerts robots from Gio's former life to their whereabouts, the family is no longer hidden and safe. Gio is captured and taken back to his old laboratory in the City of Electric Dreams. So together, the rest of Vic's assembled family must journey across an unforgiving and otherworldly country to rescue Gio from decommission, or worse, reprogramming.Along the way to save Gio, amid conflicted feelings of betrayal and affection for Hap, Vic must decide for himself: Can he accept love with strings attached?Inspired by Carlo Collodi'sand The Adventures of Pinocchio, and likeand Swiss Family Robinsonand meetsand Wall-E,and In the Lives of Puppetsand is a masterful stand-alone fantasy adventure from the beloved author who brought youand The House in the Cerulean Seaand andand Under the Whispering Door.★ "An epic quest of rescue and discovery [with] the author's trademark charm, heart, and bittersweetness." --Library Journal, starred reviewPraise for TJ Klune's previous work:and "Like being wrapped up in a big gay blanket." --V.E. SCHWABand - "Very close to perfect." --SEANAN McGUIREand - "Utterly absorbing." --GAIL CARRIGERand - "It will renew your faith in humanity." --TERRY BROOKSand - "It healed me." --CASSANDRA KHAWand - "Compassionate." --RYKA AOKI