Planet Of The Races- Episode Two- When the Sky Called His Name - Planet of the Races, #2

Planet of the Races: Episode 2 – When the Sky Called His Name is a sweeping, emotionally powerful science-fiction novel about grief, healing, destiny, and the possibility that humanity might still become worthy of peace. In a world transformed by first contact, Roni Joseph, a brilliant Black teenager from Opelousas, Louisiana, is chosen for something greater than anyone around him can fully imagine. Shaped by family loss, hardship, and the burden of expectations placed on boys like him, Roni carries both private sorrow and a deep, restless hope for something beyond survival. When an alien civilization from the planet Lara announces that a select group of Earth's children will travel across the stars to learn the secret of peace, Roni feels as though the universe itself is calling his name. To the world, the invitation is a historic global event. To Roni, it is personal. He believes whoever goes to Lara must represent more than politics, power, or carefully crafted national images; they must carry the truth of human pain, endurance, dignity, and hope. But just as that future begins to open before him, tragedy strikes, leaving him hospitalized and paralyzed after a brutal hit-and-run. What follows changes everything. Visited by the mysterious Commander J'kote and miraculously healed, Roni rises from his bed to discover that he has been chosen as the final child to join the mission to Lara. As he boards the alien vessel and leaves Earth behind, he becomes more than a wounded boy from Louisiana—he becomes a symbol of humanity's unfinished promise and its fragile chance to choose unity over division.