India, Sept. 17 -- justify;">Dubbed the most anticipated debut of the year-fans are hailing Bishhal Paull's The Liar Among Us as India's answer to Stranger Things

New Delhi: Arriving on October 14, 2025, Bishhal Paull's debut novel The Liar Among Us is set to put northeast storytelling at the centre of India's mainstream fiction conversation. Published by Bloomsbury and represented by Sunflower Seeds, the literary agency founded by Preeti Chaturvedi, the novel blends big stakes high-school drama with creatures from living folklore-without losing sight of what teens actually care about: friendship, loyalty, and the cost of secrets.

At Valorhouse International, an elite boarding school in the misty hills of Sikkim, the sudden disappearanc...