When the Wolf Comes Home [Paperback]

Nat Cassidy, author of the acclaimed horrorMary, returns withWhen the Wolf Comes Home, an unabashed, adrenaline-fueled pop horror thriller where the darkest fears can become reality.

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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. . . its full throttle from the first pages. Joe Hill

This is the kind ofgreat, big, epic horror novelwe 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

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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 themthe 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