Time Wars: A Novel Haile only wants to prove her theory, that time can be slowed down or sped up in a small region of space, and get her Ph.D. But then the government takes over. They prove Haile's theory by starting a time war between Tarba and the planet Atwan. No matter the winner of the struggle there can be only one outcome, spacetime slowly separating into its constituents. And separate nothing can exist. Time Wars is set in the future (2700s) and is a novel in the Future Chron Universe. The Future Chron Universe contains, as of this writing, 9 novels, 16 novellas, and 15 short stories. Hard Science Fiction - Old School.