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TheFoundationnovelsofIsaacAsimovareoneofthegreatmasterworksofsciencefiction.Unsurpassedfortheiruniqueblendofnonstopaction,daringideas,andextensiveworld-building,theychroniclethestruggleofacourageousgroupofmenandwomentopreservehumanity'slightagainstaninexorabletideofdarknessandviolence.Ledbyitsfoundingfather,thegreatpsychohistorianHariSeldon,andtakingadvantageofitssuperiorscienceandtechnology,theFoundationhassurvivedthegreedandbarbarismofitsneighboringwarrior-planets.YetnowitmustfacetheEmpire--stillthemightiestforceintheGalaxyeveninitsdeaththroes.WhenanambitiousgeneraldeterminedtorestoretheEmpire'sgloryturnsthevastImperialfleettowardtheFoundation,theonlyhopeforthesmallplanetofscholarsandscientistsliesinthepropheciesofHariSeldon.ButnotevenHariSeldoncouldhavepredictedthebirthoftheextraordinarycreaturecalledTheMule--amutantintelligencewithapowergreaterthanadozenbattlefleets...apowerthatcanturnthestrongest-willedhumanintoanobedientslave."FromthePaperbackedition.