IsaacAsimov|FoundationsEdge

The sixth novel in the TheFoundationSeries.

The Mayor of Terminus fears that the mysterious Second Foundation, which is thought to be extinct, will bid for power once the new Galactic Empire is established. Councilman Golan Trevize and Janov Pelorat, Professor of Ancient History at the University of Terminus are sent on a mission to discover its location.

After writing the original FundationTrilogy, Asimov abandoned the

story, and didn't come back until the 80's, where a considerable

monetary offer from the publishing house was his main incentive (or at least so he tells in the Preface to the book).

In this and later books, Asimov tries to bind together in a coherent whole a great deal of his fiction output, creating a

future history of humanity.