The Thermecine Road: The Palisade Journals - Volume I

By JT Baldwin

When vengeance becomes education, who pays the price for power?

Regal Eldain has lost everything. His family lies in ruins, destroyed by brutal government experimentation, and the woman responsible holds a position of untouchable authority in the Continental system. All he has left is rage-and a stolen vial of mysterious substance that pulses with dangerous energy.

Enter Nessa, beautiful and brilliant, offering him the training he desperately needs. She promises to teach him control, strategy, patience. She shows him how to channel raw power into surgical precision, how to think like a weapon instead of wielding one clumsily.

But every lesson comes with a price. Every moment of intimacy serves a purpose. And the targets she guides him toward always seem to lead away from the enemy he actually wants to destroy.

In a world where enhancement programs turn children into weapons and political corruption masquerades as public service, Regal must learn the hardest lesson of all: sometimes the person teaching you to fight is the one you should be fighting against.

The Thermecine Road is the first volume of The Palisade Journals, a political fantasy series exploring how institutional power corrupts-and how resistance networks form in response. Perfect for readers who enjoyed the moral complexity of The Expanse or the political intrigue of The Goblin Emperor.

Some roads lead to justice. Others lead to becoming everything you once fought against.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FFN3JV9B
• ISBN13: 9798289699268
• Release Date: June 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"