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In the Lives of Puppets

TJ Klune

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English
Tor
26 April 2023
In 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'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.

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Imprint:   Tor
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 232mm,  Width: 153mm,  Spine: 35mm
Weight:   528g
ISBN:   9781529088038
ISBN 10:   1529088038
Pages:   432
Publication Date:  
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Author Website:   https://www.tjklunebooks.com/

TJ Klune is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling, Lambda Literary Award-winning author of Under the Whispering Door, The House in the Cerulean Sea, The Extraordinaries, Wolfsong and more. Being queer himself, TJ believes it's important - now more than ever - to have accurate, positive, queer representation in stories.

Reviews for In the Lives of Puppets

I loved it. It is like being wrapped up in a big gay blanket. Simply perfect -- V. E. Schwab on <i>The House in the Cerulean Sea</i> The House in the Cerulean Sea is a modern fairy tale about learning your true nature and what you love and will protect. It’s a beautiful book -- Charlaine Harris on <i>The House in the Cerulean Sea</i> Under the Whispering Door is a kind book, full of faith in the goodness of people . . . It broke my heart with its unflinching understanding that grief never goes away, never empties, only settles into the room of your soul like a strange souvenir. And then it healed me in the next breath -- Cassandra Khaw on <i>Under the Whispering Door</i> A whimsical, warm-hearted fantasy that suggests it is never too late to make a positive change in life – or afterwards -- <i>The Guardian</i> on <i>Under the Whispering Door</i>


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