Second Foundation

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

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The Foundation lies in ruins destroyed by a mutant mind bent on humanity s annihilation. But it s rumored that there s a Second Foundation hidden somewhere at the end of the Galaxy, established as insurance to preserve the knowledge of mankind. Now a desperate race has begun between the survivors of the First Foundation and an alien entity to find this last flicker of humanity s shining past and future hope. Yet the key to it all might be a fourteen-year-old girl burdened with a terrible secret. Is she the Foundation s savior or its deadliest enemy?

Unforgettable, thought-provoking, and riveting, Second Foundation is a stunning novel of adventure and ideas writ huge across the Galaxy a powerful tale of humankind s struggle to preserve the fragile light of wisdom against the threat of its own dark barbarism.