[Thrawnseg]

Originally Posted by Sharmai

Another one I think was the Black Company but I am not 100% sure
.. If I have the wrong book I am sure someone will remember this scene and point out the correct book.

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A general was taking his people and soldiers across a mass amount of terrain to escape from the rebels that arose behind them and are chasing them down. The engineers are constantly being asked to do more and more and the people are having to make more and more sacrifices along the way.

I can't remember exactly what it was called but it was the something "train"

Coltaine's Chain of Dogs from the Malazan series. It was in book 2.

And a book that brought a tear to my eye when I was growing up was actually a kid's book. Tough Boris.

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..and then his parrot died.

Really? They hit you with that in a kids book?