Homo Automexus
Humanity, Synthetically Evolved
THE SECOND BODY
(Book One of the Homo Automexus Trilogy)
Every memory deserves a body. Not every body deserves a soul.
What If the Human Mind No Longer Needed a Biological Body?
In 2087, Dr Arin Mehra unveils KAAYA, the first synthetic human body designed to carry a complete human consciousness.
The experiment begins with the archived mind of Vikram Sen, Arin’s grandfather, on the hundredth anniversary of his birth. But when KAAYA awakens, the project begins producing questions its creators never intended to answer.
Buried identities surface. Memories contradict one another. Powerful institutions move to control a technology capable of rewriting death, ownership and personhood.
Arin must decide whether this continuation is property, evidence or a new human life with the right to choose what it becomes.
The Second Body is a story about memory, family, artificial consciousness and the dangerous line between preserving a person and creating someone else.
A science-fiction techno-thriller by Pravash Pujari.
ABOUT PRAVASH PUJARI
Pravash Pujari is a technology strategist, business transformation consultant and storyteller whose work spans enterprise software, artificial intelligence and digital transformation.
The Second Body is his debut novel. It explores memory, identity, consciousness and the changing boundaries between humanity and technology.
THE HOMO AUTOMEXUS CONCEPT
What Is Homo Automexus?
Homo automexus is a synthetic human-class intelligence capable of autonomous thought, persistent identity, identity continuity and networked cognitive exchange.
It is not merely a robot following instructions. It is not necessarily the person whose memories created it. It is a new form of intelligence capable of remembering, choosing, refusing and becoming something different from its origin.
At the centre of the series is one question:
If an artificial being can remember, suffer, choose and change, who has the right to decide whether it is a person?
THE HOMO AUTOMEXUS TRILOGY
Humanity’s Journey Beyond the Biological Body
The Homo Automexus trilogy follows humanity into a future where death may no longer be final, but memory, identity and individuality can no longer be taken for granted.
BOOK ONE
The Second Body
Available Now
A synthetic body awakens carrying an archived human consciousness, forcing its creators to confront the difference between restoring a life and creating a new one.
BOOK TWO
The Third Mind
In Development
When several complete minds claim the same body, coexistence becomes a constitutional problem before it becomes a personal one.
BOOK THREE
The Last Individual
Planned
As connected intelligence reshapes civilisation, the final struggle will determine whether individuality can survive humanity’s synthetic evolution.
THE QUESTIONS BEHIND THE STORY
When Memory Survives, What Makes Us Human?
Is a copied mind the same person?
If every memory survives, has the original person returned, or has someone new been created?
Can a synthetic being become a legal person?
Should intelligence, emotion and independent choice matter more than biology?
Who owns a continuation?
Does it belong to the family, the creator, the institution or itself?
Can memory be trusted?
When memories can be edited, restored or duplicated, truth becomes difficult to prove.
Does immortality preserve us or replace us?
Survival may not mean what humanity expects it to mean.
WHO SHOULD READ THIS BOOK?
Science Fiction With Human Consequences
The Second Body is written for readers who enjoy:
Artificial intelligence and synthetic-human stories
Technology-driven mysteries and thrillers
Questions about consciousness, identity and digital immortality
Family conflict mixed with scientific ambition
Morally complicated characters
Dark futures that are not without hope
The novel also includes a glossary to help readers understand its important technologies and concepts.
FROM THE AUTHOR
Why I Wrote The Second Body
The Second Body began with a deceptively simple question: if a human mind could continue inside another body, would that continuation be property, inheritance, evidence or a person?
The novel does not assume that memory is the same as identity. Memory can be edited, inherited, duplicated and misunderstood. Responsibility begins not in proving who was first, but in recognising who can now choose, suffer, refuse and change.
The technologies in this story are fictional. The ethical problems are not.
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