![]() ![]() And mankind's last best hope is faced with an agonizing choice: submit to the barbarians and live as slaves-or take a stand for freedom and risk total destruction. He calls his sanctuary the Foundation.īut soon the fledgling Foundation finds itself at the mercy of corrupt warlords rising in the wake of the receding Empire. To preserve knowledge and save mankind, Seldon gathers the best minds in the Empire-both scientists and scholars-and brings them to a bleak planet at the edge of the Galaxy to serve as a beacon of hope for future generations. Only Hari Seldon, creator of the revolutionary science of psychohistory, can see into the future-a dark age of ignorance, barbarism, and warfare that will last thirty thousand years. ![]() For twelve thousand years the Galactic Empire has ruled supreme. As the Old Empire crumbles into barbarism throughout the million worlds of the galaxy, Hari Seldon and his band of psychologists must create a new entity. The story of our future begins with the history of Foundation and its greatest psychohistorian: Hari Seldon. Foundation begins a new chapter in the story of man's future. One of the great masterworks of science fiction, the Foundation novels of Isaac Asimov are unsurpassed for their unique blend of nonstop action, daring ideas, and extensive world-building. ![]()
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