House of Chains (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #4)

by Steven Erikson

‘We are not trusted,’ Trull Sengar muttered. ‘That is true,’ Onrack agreed. ‘None the less, we are needed.’ ‘The least satisfying of alliances.’ ‘Yet perhaps the surest, until such time as the need passes. We must remain mindful, Trull Sengar.’