The Lattice Of Space: A Novel Even with Robot Planet in ruins and the deaths of hundreds of their robotic compatriots the four robots Dag, Sigmund, Walker and Hanson were working hard to save humanity from possible extinction. All they have to do is restart the Big Bang to prevent the quickly decaying lattice of spacetime from destroying all. If they can. The Lattice of Space is set in the future (2600s) and is the third and final novel in the Future Chron Universe: Robot Series. The Future Chron Universe contains, as of this writing, 9 novels, 16 novellas, and 15 short stories. Hard Science Fiction - Old School.