TY - BOOK AU - Gear, W. Michael TI - Requiem for the conqueror: forbidden borders #1 SN - 0886774772 [newsprint] PY - 1991/// CY - New York PB - Daw Books KW - Space warfare Fiction KW - Science fiction KW - Guerre spatiale Romans, nouvelles, etc N1 - Adult N2 - Trained to be the ultimate killing machine, the penultimate general, Staffa has led his crack Companion mercenary troops to victory time and again. Throughout the human worlds, the Lord Commander is cursed as the Star Butcher, bringer of death and destruction. And never before has he turned his back from undertaking a new contract. But along with his most recent victory has come a discovery which will have repercussions thoughout all the star systems within the Forbidden Borders. For Staffa has learned that the son stolen from him in infancy may still be alive, and nothing will stand between Staffa and the search for his son--even though his quest may well lead to his own destruction ER -