begins to connect his dreams to the murders, and also recalls that Pascal's owner idolizes Mendel, that Pascal offhandedly mentioned his owner's name being Ziebold, and that Pascal spoke of Felidae with yearning. Francis concludes that the murderer is Pascal, who really is Claudandus, and goes to confront him. He finds a program on the computer that catalogues the new breed's genetics and breeding, as well as the cats killed to keep from contaminating the lines. Claudandus reveals himself, explaining that he harbours a deep hatred towards humanity due to the suffering inflicted upon him by Preterius. He had killed Preterius and set the other cats free before being rescued by Ziebold. Claudandus had wanted Francis to take over the program, hoping that the cats would eventually evolve into something capable of overthrowing the human race and all other species which he saw as inferior. Francis and Claudandus begin to battle, with Claudandus accidentally destroying the computer and setting the house afire in the process. Claudandus dies after Francis slits his throat. In the epilogue, Francis states that he never told any others the true identity of the murderer, and that Joker's name was eventually cleared. Jesaja was coaxed out of the catacombs, and has found a home with a bartender. Francis states that all animals have the ability to lose their innocence and humans, who descended from animals, still carry a hint of innocence. The novel ends with Francis urging the reader to never cease believing in a world where all animals and humans coexist, including those "more sublime and intelligent than the latter--for example, Felidae." Reception In Germany, Felidae became a best-seller. The initial print run of the novel in Germany was 7000 copies, but the publisher began producing more after the book's success. Worldwide, Felidae has sold millions of copies. Felidae has become a censored and banned work in recent years, owing largely to Akif Pirinçci's controversial political presence, which includes profanity and crude humour, right-wing statements and inflammatory remarks about issues such as The Holocaust and the immigration of Islamic refugees. Publisher Random House, the prime distributor for Felidae, cancelled contracts with Pirinçci, ceasing further print production of the book, while commerce giant Amazon removed all print and digital sales pages for the book, except for used copies, which run roughly over US$100 in price. Felidae retains a metadata page on Amazon-owned book review platform Goodreads.