Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fear The Wolf | 2022 | Mike Lupica | N/A |
| 2 | House of Wolves | 2023 | Mike Lupica | N/A |
| 3 | The House of Wolves | 2023 | Mike Lupica | Buy |
House of Wolves is Mike Lupica’s family-power thriller series. Fear The Wolf (2022) and House of Wolves/The House of Wolves (2023) follow a family dynasty where the members are as dangerous to each other as any outside threat. The wolf metaphor runs through the series — this is a family that hunts together until they turn on each other.
Fear The Wolf (2022) opens the series by introducing the family and its empire. The power struggle at the center of the story is personal rather than political: siblings and parents jockeying for control of the family business. The House of Wolves (2023) escalates those tensions.
This series marks a departure for Lupica, who is best known for his youth sports fiction like the Home Team and Heat books. House of Wolves is written for an adult audience and deals with wealth, betrayal, and family loyalty. The shift in tone and genre shows a different side of his writing, closer to a family saga thriller than anything in his earlier catalog.