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Foundation and Empire

by Isaac Asimov

A fragile Foundation faces new threats

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A fragile Foundation faces new threats

The second Foundation novel shifts the danger from neighboring warrior-planets to the crumbling Galactic Empire, whose decline makes it a formidable threat. Hari Seldon’s Foundation has relied on science and technology to survive, but the arrival of the Mule—a mysterious figure with extraordinary powers—puts those tools and its future in question. The setup brings large-scale political upheaval together with a central mystery about the limits of human power and how a small group might shape events across the galaxy.

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  • Readers interested in classic hard science fiction and expansive galactic settings.
  • Those who enjoy stories about political upheaval, strategic survival, and enigmatic adversaries.

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The decline of empireScience and technologyCollective survivalHuman power and uncertainty

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The second novel in Isaac Asimov's classic science-fiction masterpiece, the Foundation series

THE EPIC SAGA THAT INSPIRED THE APPLE TV+ SERIES FOUNDATION

Led by its founding father, the psychohistorian Hari Seldon, and utilizing science and technology, the Foundation survived the greed and barbarism of its neighboring warrior-planets. Now cleverness and courage may not be enough. For the Empire--the mightiest force in the Galaxy--is even more dangerous in its death throes. Even worse, a mysterious entity called the Mule has appeared with powers beyond anything humanly conceivable. Who--or what--is the Mule? And how is humanity to defend itself against this invulnerable avatar of annihilation?

Filled with nail-biting suspense, nonstop action, and cutting-edge speculation, Foundation and Empire is the story of humanity's perpetual struggle against the darkness that forever threatens to overwhelm the light--and of how the courage of even a determined few can make all the difference in the universe.
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