King of the Nobodies

At thirty-five, Rai is a Black kid from the outskirts whom the world has long since stopped seeing. Then a dying old man hands him a Gift that shouldn't exist, and Rai wakes up sixteen again, hungry, undocumented, belonging to no one. This time he remembers it all: every mistake, every humiliation he swallowed. And something new burns in his chest, a tactical sight that turns the pitch into lines of risk, space and intention, though every second of it drains his own body. Through dirt-field tournaments, false kings and the limits of his flesh, Rai must master the Maestro's calm and the Wizard's genius. He isn't after applause. He's going to become inevitable.