When the rain cuts Dead Creek off from the outside world, Ryan Cole thinks his only job is to get to his daughter and keep her alive. But the roads are flooding, the phones are dying, and something violent is moving through town. What begins as scattered reports of a chemical incident quickly becomes a fight for survival as the infected tear through schools, homes, and streets that were safe only hours before. Ryan, his young daughter Sophie, high school teacher Mia Hartley, apprentice Lachie Brennan, and gruff old survivor Kev Donnelly retreat to high ground, hoping to wait out the chaos. But Dead Creek is changing fast. The infected are not the only threat. As fear spreads, local powerbroker Grant Voss begins building his own version of order, taking control of supplies, roads, weapons, and people. Trapped between rising water, the dead, and the living men who think survival gives them the right to rule, Ryan must decide how far he is willing to go to protect the people he loves. Dead Creek: Water Over Road is a gritty Australian survival horror novel about family, loyalty, fear, and the brutal cost of staying human when the world breaks.