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Itis498yearssincethetwoFoundationscameintoexistence–half-waythroughtheInterregnumplannedbyHariSeldon.TheSecondFoundationhasoncemoresuccessfullyconcealeditsexistencesothatthelawsofpsychohistorycanoperatetousherinanewEmpireruledbythementalsciences.TheSecondFoundationisthoughttobeextinct…exceptbyCouncilmanGolanTrevize.TrevizefearsthatthemysteriousSecondFoundationwillbidforpoweronceanewGalacticEmpireisestablished.TopreventTrevizespreadingalarm?theMayorofTerminusexileshimtotheabandonedruinsofTrantor.AccompanyingTrevizeisJanovPelorat?ProfessorofAncientHistoryattheUniversityofTerminus.PelorathopestofindonTrantoracluetothelocationoftheplanetthatgavebirthtothehumanrace.HisbeliefintheexistenceofEarthisconsideredasfar-fetchedasTrevize'sbeliefthattheSecondFoundationendures.ButthetruthsdiscoveredbybothofthemonTrantorarefarstrangerthantheycouldhaveguessed.