by theakapanda
Published in 2005 by the South African writer who calls himself "theakapanda," Forever Reborn deals with the concept of human cloning and the lengths upper class hierarchies would take for their name to continue. High brow sci-fi stuff so far. Been a fan fiction it has to involve a beloved franchise or character, and in this story the character in question is.... (drum roll please)
Kai Hiwatari from Beyblade
(sigh) Yes, Kai Hiwatari..... the Chris Waddle of this blog. (Its not a reference about his performance in sport, its a reference that he gets mentioned a lot on The Fast Show.) He is the grandson of a rich heartless owner of a multimillion corporation that deals mostly with military hardware and research in cybernetics. Research that has gone well past the line that marks off when a scientific endeavor is borderline ethical (or "morally grey"). In the series, Kai has dabbled into his granddad's "crazy schemes for world domination" as a subject. He didn't become a cyborg (been the boss's grandson) but the rough training (which borderlines to torture) he got in Balkov Abbey made him one of the toughest beybladers (Jeremy Clarkson pause) in the world. As you can tell from this episode in his past, his relationship with his granddad ins't that good. If you have watched the series, like I have (for research purposes), the idea of his granddad cloning him to make a fresh start in insuring his legacy isn't that farfetched.
But, there is another thing about Kai that makes him the ideal character in this story, and its referenced in the title. Kai is the owner of a bit-beast (just click the link. I have incriminated myself too much already in this entry.) that is in the form of a phoenix (the mythical firebird that has the ability to "regenerate" after death, so it'll never die). By been cloned, Kai becomes a sort of metaphoric phoenix. That's enough about the story.
The main reason for my interest in this story is the title, Forever Reborn. Its the sort of title you'll expect to find on a novel that is on sale in an airport bookshop. With that in mind, I think this story needs a book cover worthy of a good novel. A cover that'll look good on the shelves of an airport bookshop. In fact, here's several designs.....
I will make more designs for this book, so please bear with me.
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