" A rough, broken voice replied. 'There is value.'
Everyone fell silent, turned to Duiker.
The old man looked down once more at the cloth in his hands.
The silence stretched.
Duiker made no move.
Picker began to turn back to her companions — when the man began speaking. 'Very well, permit me, if you will, on this night. To break your hearts once more. This is the story of the Chain of Dogs. Of Coltaine of the Crow Clan, newly come Fist to the 7th Army... "

― Steven Erikson , Memories of Ice (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #3)