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?
In the Lives of Puppets is expected out April 25th, 2023 from Tor Books.
Why am I waiting on this book? I've read two books by T.J. Klune and I've enjoyed them both. I haven't been reading much of what you might call science fiction for a while, but the premise here intrigues me.
What book are you waiting on this week? Share it or a link in the comments so we can check it out and maybe add it to our TBR lists. Thanks for coming by and Happy Reading!
I've read one of Klune's books and I'm intrigued at this move into sci fi, as opposed to the fantastic story I previously read. I hope you enjoy this one:)).
ReplyDeleteThanks! And I didn't know that a prequel to the Priory of the Orange Tree was coming out. Hope you enjoy it!
DeleteI just saw this featured on another blog. It sounds really good. I hope you enjoy it.
ReplyDeleteThis definitely has a Pinocchio vibe to it. I like the sci fi/fantasy twist the author's taken and would be willing to give this one a try.
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