Home Again is a brutal, clear‑eyed thriller about the places that call themselves safe while teaching children to fear the sound of their own names.Now going by Joseph Ward, Bob Andrews takes a temporary job at a remote West Virginia residential treatment center - a place that smells of Pine‑Sol, old fear, and money spent on everything except the children. The brochures promise healing. The walls tell a different story.When Bob meets a boy named Eli Mercer, a child who counts exits instead of trusting adults, he recognizes the same pattern he's seen in care homes, universities, and nonprofits across the country: institutions that hide their violence behind mission statements and clean floors.But Home Again is worse. Here, the doors don't just close - they lock. And the people who hurt children call it therapy.To protect Eli, Bob will have to cross lines he's never crossed before… and decide whether coming home is a promise or a threat. Steven Infanti is the author of The Debt of Moytura series, The Blood & Gold Saga - a mythic retelling of the Siegfried legend - Bob the Caretaker, The Regulars, Devils Around the Clock, Shadow of Blood, and What Fear Owes. His work blends history, myth, and emotional precision, returning ancient stories to the weight and complexity they were always meant to carry.A veteran of the U.S. Army, he holds a B.A. in Journalism from Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania and two Master of Science degrees from Harrisburg University of Science and Technology. He is currently pursuing his doctorate at Franklin University. He lives in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, with his wife, Elizabeth.
