FortwelvethousandyearstheGalacticEmpirehasruledsupreme.
Nowitisdying.ButonlyHariSeldon,creator
oftherevolutionaryscienceofpsychohistory,canseeinto
thefuture—toadarkageofignorance,barbarism,and
warfarethatwilllastthirtythousandyears.Topreserve
knowledgeandsavehumankind,Seldongathersthebestminds
intheEmpire—bothscientistsandscholars—andbringsthemto
ableakplanetattheedgeofthegalaxy
toserveasabeaconofhopeforfuture
generations.HecallshissanctuarytheFoundation.