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.

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272 pages

Average rating: 7.95

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AUniverseOfInfiniteApathy
Apr 15, 2025
7/10 stars
A good end to the trilogy. Retains much of the mystique and complex machinations of the first two; suffers a bit from the same smaller time-scale as Foundation And Empire.

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