In the Lives of Puppets. TJ Klune. 2023.

Welcome to the heart of a peculiar forest and an extraordinary journey.

A small treehouse has become home to 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' and learns he and Gio share a dark past, where they are hunted humans. And Hap unwittingly gives away Gio's location, leading to his capture by robots from his former life. Soon Gio's been returned to his laboratory in the City of Electric Dreams. The unconventional family must travel across hostile territory to rescue Gio from decommissioning, or worse. Vic must also decide if he can handle his feelings for Hap - even if they come with strings attached.