Cat's Meat
Cat's Meat is a short story that takes place near the town of Cogsbay in the Buck Duchy. It describes the events of a few days during some unknown spring in the lives of Rosemary, her child Gillam and the cat Marmalade. Rosemary and Marmelade are the viewpoint characters. Chronologically the story precedes Assassin's Apprentice but is not prerequisite reading before starting the novels.
Cast of characters
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- Rosemary, "Rosie", mother of
- Gillam, called Will by his father. Named Gillam after Rosemary's mother's father (so disambiguation page needed!)
- Pell
- Hilia Borse, Rosemary's best friend since they were children, rumoured to be Witted. Saved Marmelade from being drowned as a kitten by Pell's father. Has a 1 month old baby girl. Black haired.
- Marmalade, an orange cat with a white triangle at his throat and blue eyes
- Soader Pell's grandfather (from his mother's side?)
- Kendra the minstrel
- Cham
- Will (tailor)
- Rory
- Tamman
- Sasho
- Ben
- Meddalee Morrany and her father,
- Morrany
- Bell
- Serran
- Widow Lees
- Tarsha Welly
- Mash
- Tessie the cow
- Picky-pick the rooster
other places
Editions
- First published in The Inheritance in 2011.
Covers
Translations
- A Dutch translation (title?) published in 2012 in De verhalen.
- A French translation Viande pour chat in L’Héritage et autres nouvelles first published in 2012, reprinted in 2013.
International covers
The Realm of the ElderlingsThe Farseer trilogy : Assassin's Apprentice | Royal Assassin | Assassin's Quest The Liveship Traders: Ship of Magic | The Mad Ship | Ship of Destiny The Tawny Man: Fool's Errand | The Golden Fool | Fool's Fate Rain Wild Chronicles: Dragon Keeper | Dragon Haven | City of Dragons | Blood of Dragons Fitz and the Fool: Fool's Assassin | Fool's Quest | Assassin's Fate Novels: The Willful Princess and the Piebald Prince Short stories: Homecoming | The Inheritance | Cat's Meat | Words Like Coins | Blue Boots | Her Father's Sword |
This story is included in The Inheritance anthology. Robin Hobb stories: The Inheritance | Homecoming | Cat's Meat Megan Lindholm stories: A Touch of Lavender | Silver Lady and the Fortyish Man | Cut | The Fifth Squashed Cat | Strays | Finis | Drum Machine |