In the Lives of Puppets (PB) - C-format

"In the Lives of Puppets" is a captivating fantasy by the bestselling author T.J. Klune inspired by the classic tale of Pinocchio.

 

Deep in the heart of a mysterious forest a strange little home exists out of branches from a grove of trees. Here live three robots, the fatherly inventor android Giovanni Lawson, a sadistic nurse machine and a little vacuum longing for love. The human Victor Lawson is also a part of the family. They live a safe and hidden life, until one day when Vic recovers an unfamiliar android labelled ?HAP', that reveals a dark secret about Gio’s past. HAP accidentally alerts the robots from Gio's former life about their whereabouts, and the family is no longer safe. Gio is captured and brought back to his old laboratory in the City of Electric Dreams. To save Gio Vic must confront himself and make a fatal choice: Will he accept conditional love?

In "In the Lives of Puppets" T.J. Klune reimagines Carlo Collodi's The Adventures of Pinocchio in this masterful and thought-provoking fantasy.