Kingsmeat is the title of a short story by Orson Scott Card. While most call it science fiction, I think it's more of a piece with a futuristic-angle than hard science fiction, and is about suffering the consequences of doing what one thinks is right. And Holiness. It's about a race of beings consisting of a king and queen (and all the eggs in her abdomen) who harvest their 'kingsmeat' from the humans of Abbey Colony. After invading the planet, these many-armed and hideous creatures begin capturing and eating every human is sight. After liberation, the people blame a man they call The Shepard for harvesting people (well, only parts of people) for the monarchs “appetites”. The Shepard, after learning their language, made a bargain with the
