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When the Wolf Comes Home

By: Nat Cassidy
Narrated by: Helen Laser, Nat Cassidy
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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.

“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

"The Stephen King of TikTok"The Lineup

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

A Macmillan Audio production from Tor Nightfire.

©2025 Nat Cassidy (P)2025 Macmillan Audio
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"When The Wolf Comes Home is a sharp-edged metaphor for trauma and rage, for how they seep into us, how we carry them in us and how sometimes, we pass them on like a curse."—Cassandra Khaw, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Nothing But Blackened Teeth

When the Wolf Comes Home is an imaginative, adrenaline-fueled wild ride through the babysitting job from Hell. Brims with both horror and heart.”—Tananarive Due, author of The Reformatory

"I finished reading the book about a week ago, and it keeps sliding back into my thoughts and conversations. ... Wolf carries with it a harrowing inevitability. The feeling you get, maybe, when one enters the Twilight Zone, and you just know things will be different now. ... Nat Cassidy has tapped into something with this one: it's the mood all us readers are always digging for: the Truth, a truth, his truth... the sort of truth you add to your own.”—Josh Malerman, New York Times Best Selling author of Bird Box and Incidents Around the House

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So so good

This book takes the cake as my favorite Nat Cassidy book, so far at least. I related to the themes and characters so much it was almost painful 😅. With fear behind every corner, this book has a great way of making you feel an almost claustrophobic sense of dread.

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One of my favorites of all time

The horror aspects were great. Lots of twists. All together an awesome read. The reader did a good job as well.

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Loved it !!

I loved this book!! I was in a reading slump and this was sooooo good!! I want more like this!!!

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A wildly imaginative, horrific, wonderful read

What an exquisite, unexpected journey of a novel. I thought I knew what I was in for, but I have never been so delighted and terrified to be dead wrong. It is astonishing how the author manages to rock us back and forth between intimate, all-too-human interactions and the unrelenting violence that explodes across the page. Wildly imaginative. Horrifying. Utterly heartbreaking.

As with all Nat Cassidy books, do not skip the forward and afterword - especially if you are listening to the outstanding audiobook version of this novel.

It’s rare for me to re-read books, but as with some of my favorite Stephen King novels over the years, I know that I will revisit this one again and again

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WOW!!

Fantastic concept - fantastic execution - great reading - fear is an interesting thing - multi directional - safety is also a strange concept

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This one has heart and bite. Excellent story and narration.

I loved this book on so many levels. Unforgettable characters, terrifying moments, incredible storytelling and alot of heart. One of the best books of the year. Will definitely read and listen to it again and again. Perfect narration. Please listen to the afterward. Definitely recommend.

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So Uniquely Horrifying

loved!! what a ride and what a unique novel. and the writing was so well done

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Freaking Amazing

Words can’t describe how amazing this book is. I at first was like, this one is going to take some time to get into. NOPE! From chapter 2 on I was like WTF?!?!

New favorite author has been found.

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Amazing

I love this! Nat can take a book make it horror and make it so deep

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When the Wolf Comes Home

This continuously reminded me of the Twilight Zone: The Movie segment - It’s a Good Life. I loved this book equally as much as I loved that segment allllll those years ago. The afterword wrapped the entire book up with a tidy little bow and elevated the experience. I will listen/read this again mother time, with the knowledge of how it came to be. Highly recommended.

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