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Off With Their Heads

Off With Their Heads

Dystopian Novel Set in an AI-driven World | Ages 12+

Mandira Shah
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Ten days to AI Day and the launch of Humanity 2.0

On AI Day, all ThoughtWeavers—the AI device that every student at Anadi Academy and millions of others around the world use to maximize efficiency—will be automatically upgraded to become better and faster. Humanity 2.0 will be launched, to make people the best versions of themselves.
Or will it?
Elle, Sameer, Pariza and Neil doubt this—and increasingly resent the freedom of thought. that they are losing. But even the slightest hint of being different means being recalibrated in accordance with what ThoughtWeavers Inc considers ideal. After they are invited to join an old resistance movement, things take a rapid turn for the worse and murder enters the campus.

Imprint: Duckbill

Published: Jun/2026

ISBN: 9780143480969 (Paperback)

Length : 384 Pages

MRP : ₹499.00

Off With Their Heads

Dystopian Novel Set in an AI-driven World | Ages 12+

Mandira Shah

Ten days to AI Day and the launch of Humanity 2.0

On AI Day, all ThoughtWeavers—the AI device that every student at Anadi Academy and millions of others around the world use to maximize efficiency—will be automatically upgraded to become better and faster. Humanity 2.0 will be launched, to make people the best versions of themselves.
Or will it?
Elle, Sameer, Pariza and Neil doubt this—and increasingly resent the freedom of thought. that they are losing. But even the slightest hint of being different means being recalibrated in accordance with what ThoughtWeavers Inc considers ideal. After they are invited to join an old resistance movement, things take a rapid turn for the worse and murder enters the campus.

Buying Options
Paperback / Hardback

Mandira Shah

Mandira Shah is a part-time writer and enjoys stories that take her on adventures that are far from the humdrum. She likes to write about the kind of adventures she’d love to get lost in, hoping you’ll feel the same. Her debut novel Children of the Hidden Land won the Binod Kanoria Awards and Valley of Words and was shortlisted for the Auther Awards. Her second book Muniya’s Quest found itself in Binod Kanoria shortlist for middle-grade.

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