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

by Steven Erikson

‘Cheat? Gods forbid! What hapless victims are witness to on this night of nights is naught but cosmic sympathy for worthy Kruppe!’ ‘Cosmic sympathy?’ Murillio snorted. ‘What in Hood’s name is that?’ ‘Euphemism for cheating,’ Coll grumbled.