When the Wolf Comes Home
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!

ABA Indie Bookseller 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

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When the Wolf Comes Home
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!

ABA Indie Bookseller 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

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A young boy in danger and an empathetic young woman determined to protect him. This chilling and lingering horror thrives in how grounded and realistic it feels, despite a rather hairy foe. Good luck sleeping after reading this.

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!

ABA Indie Bookseller 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


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781250354341
Publisher: Tor Publishing Group
Publication date: 04/22/2025
Pages: 304
Product dimensions: 6.10(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

NAT CASSIDY writes horror for the page, stage, and screen. His acclaimed novels, including Mary: An Awakening of Terror and Nestlings, have been featured in best-of lists from Esquire, Harper's Bazaar, NPR, the Chicago Review of Books, the NY Public Library, and more, and he was named one of the "writers shaping horror’s next golden age" by Esquire. His award-winning horror plays have been produced throughout New York City and across the United States. He won the NY Innovative Theatre Award for his one-man show about H. P. Lovecraft, another for his play about Caligula, and was commissioned by the Kennedy Center to write the libretto for a short opera (about the end of the world, of course). You've also likely seen Nat on your TV, playing various Bad Guys of the Week on shows such as Law & Order: SVU, Blue Bloods, Bull, Quantico, FBI, and many others ... but that's a topic for a different bio. He lives in New York City with his wife.
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