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  • Published: 2 December 2025
  • ISBN: 9781761352898
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 160
  • RRP: $14.99

Zombie Road

(This book is Dead Scary)




Do you dare to be scared?

Ace Walker has one rule: never stay out after sunset.

Because when the sun goes down, the dead rise – fast, hungry and hunting for brains.

So, when his best friend Cassie collapses with appendicitis, Ace has one shot to save her: steal a truck and race across the desert to the nearest hospital before nightfall.

A flat tyre, an undead bike gang and an exploding petrol station? Just the beginning.

Because on Zombie Road, one wrong turn means death – or worse.

  • Published: 2 December 2025
  • ISBN: 9781761352898
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 160
  • RRP: $14.99

About the authors

TJ DOOM

TJ DOOM lives off the grid in a crumbling mansion at the edge of a dark and windswept forest. Surrounded by creepy old portraits that appear to watch – and judge – the writer's every move, DOOM spends the long, haunted nights crafting sinister stories designed to do just one thing: mess with your head. His tales are precision engineered for maximum dread. Some say that if DOOM’s books are cracked open after midnight, the creatures inside won’t just haunt your dreams, they’ll crawl out of the pages and come looking for you.

TJ DOOM doesn’t do interviews. Doesn’t sign autographs. Won’t even pose for a photo. Naturally, this has fuelled rumours that the writer is an ancient, blood-sucking vampire whose image can never be caught on camera. Because DOOM is always uncontactable, this cannot be confirmed. Or denied.

Nahum Ziersch

Nahum is a freelance illustrator and sports graphic designer, with work spanning across multiple disciplines, from advertising, book publishing, storyboard art and environment design for both TV and film, to professional sports branding and athlete logos. His passion for drawing started at a very early age, with artistic parents who nurtured his creative skills. Always proud to reflect on his childhood years growing up in the Clare Valley, he is now a well-established illustrator in the Adelaide (and national) creative scene. Nahum is a big fan of comics, sport and pop culture, and these themes continue to inspire and push his creative output.

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