A fresh graduate of the Ailo academies, young Kaval sets out on the first assignment of his adulthood. Kav must overcome uncertainty and mistrust to help the inhabitants of a dying world. These desperate aliens will spare no effort and suffer no fools to save themselves and their ailing planet... Earth Passage is book 1 in the Orb Chronicles - a series of short stories and novellas featuring the past history of the world of the Orbs and the people who call it home.