The Path: A Novelette To The Stars Series Book 5 Trilons were dying and no one knew why. The Rigan bureaucracy was at a loss. None of the scientists could discover the reason. It fell upon a Rigan researcher, a curious Trilon and their growing friendship to find the reason behind the deaths. And then a secret hidden for five hundred years was revealed. The Path is set in the future (2490s) and is the fifth story in the Future Chron Universe: To The Stars Series. The Future Chron Universe consists of 9 novels, 1 novella, 15 novelettes, and 8 short stories. Hard Science Fiction - Old School.