When the Wolf Comes Home

An unabashed, adrenaline-fueled pop horror thriller about parenthood and other monsters from "The Stephen King of TikTok" The Lineup , reminiscent of Joe Hill and Grady Hendrix. One night, Jess, a struggling actress, finds a five-year-old runaway hiding in the bushes outside her apartment. After a violent, bloody encounter with the boy's father, she and the boy find themselves running for their lives. As they attempt to evade the boy's increasingly desperate father, horrifying incidents of butchery follow them. At first Jess thinks she understands what they're up against, but she's about to learn there's more to these surreal and grisly events than she could've ever imagined. And that when the wolf finally comes home, none will be spared.

An unabashed, adrenaline-fueled pop horror thriller about parenthood and other monsters from "The Stephen King of TikTok" The Lineup , reminiscent of Joe Hill and Grady Hendrix. One night, Jess, a struggling actress, finds a five-year-old runaway hiding in the bushes outside her apartment. After a violent, bloody encounter with the boy's father, she and the boy find themselves running for their lives. As they attempt to evade the boy's increasingly desperate father, horrifying incidents of butchery follow them. At first Jess thinks she understands what they're up against, but she's about to learn there's more to these surreal and grisly events than she could've ever imagined. And that when the wolf finally comes home, none will be spared.

Nat Cassidy, author of the acclaimed horror Mary , returns with When the Wolf Comes Home , an unabashed, adrenaline-fueled pop horror thriller where the darkest fears can become reality. A USA Today bestseller! "Get your claws into this one, horror fiends. It's terrific. . . . Sink your teeth into a classic." --Stephen King " A crazy-good, balls-to-the-wall horror novel . . . it's full throttle from the first pages." --Joe Hill "This is the kind of great, big, epic horror novel we got back in the '80s that came out swinging for the fences and left everything on the field. Welcome back, you shaggy, bloody monster of a book! " --Grady Hendrix Best Books of 2025-- Vulture The 25 Best and Most Anticipated Horror Books of 2025-- Men's Health Most Anticipated Horror of 2025-- Paste Magazine , LitHub One night, Jess, a struggling actress, finds a five-year-old runaway hiding in the bushes outside her apartment. After a violent, bloody encounter with the boy's father, she and the boy find themselves running for their lives. As they attempt to evade the boy's increasingly desperate father, Jess slowly comes to a horrifying understanding of the butchery that follows them--the boy can turn his every fear into reality. And when the wolf finally comes home, no one will be spared. Other Books by Nat Cassidy Mary, an Awakening of Terror Nestlings

Nat Cassidy, author of the acclaimed horror Mary , returns with When the Wolf Comes Home , an unabashed, adrenaline-fueled pop horror thriller where the darkest fears can become reality. A USA Today bestseller! "Get your claws into this one, horror fiends. It's terrific. . . . Sink your teeth into a classic." --Stephen King " A crazy-good, balls-to-the-wall horror novel . . . it's full throttle from the first pages." --Joe Hill "This is the kind of great, big, epic horror novel we got back in the '80s that came out swinging for the fences and left everything on the field. Welcome back, you shaggy, bloody monster of a book! " --Grady Hendrix Best Books of 2025-- Vulture The 25 Best and Most Anticipated Horror Books of 2025-- Men's Health Most Anticipated Horror of 2025-- Paste Magazine , LitHub One night, Jess, a struggling actress, finds a five-year-old runaway hiding in the bushes outside her apartment. After a violent, bloody encounter with the boy's father, she and the boy find themselves running for their lives. As they attempt to evade the boy's increasingly desperate father, Jess slowly comes to a horrifying understanding of the butchery that follows them--the boy can turn his every fear into reality. And when the wolf finally comes home, no one will be spared. Other Books by Nat Cassidy Mary, an Awakening of Terror Nestlings