Under the guidance of the brilliant Hari Seldon, the isolated beacon of human civilization known as Foundation has managed to fend off the barbaric invaders who sought to conquer it.

Now, however, Foundation faces the Empire, which, although a step away from collapse, still remains the strongest power in the galaxy. When an ambitious general who dreams of restoring the lost glory of the Empire turns against Foundation, Hari Seldon's predictions become the sole hope of the last defenders of civilization.

Yet even Seldon is unable to foresee the birth of a strange, mutated entity with power that surpasses even the mighty war machine of the Empire and the ability to turn every human into a docile slave...

The second part of Isaac Asimov's epic that defined the evolution of an entire genre was awarded the Hugo Prize as the greatest science fiction series of all time and rightfully earned its place among the masterpieces of modern literature.