Foundation and Empire
The Foundation novels of Isaac Asireat masterworks of science fiction Unsurpassed for their unique blend of nonstop action, daring ideas, and extensive world-building, they chronicle the struggle of a courageous group of ainst an inexorable tide of darkness and violence Led by its founding father, the great psychohistorian Hari Seldon, and taking advantage of its superior science and technology, the Foundation has survived the greed and barbaris warrior-planets Yet now it htiest force in the Galaxy even in its death throes When an alory turns the vast Imperial fleet toward the Foundation, the only hope for the small planet of scholars and scientists lies in the prophecies of Hari Seldon But not even Hari Seldon could have predicted the birth of the extraordinary creature called The Mule, a reater than a dozen battle fleets, a power that can turn the strongest-willed human into an obedient slave