Bantam Spectra releases new editions of Isaac Asimov's classic Foundation series to anticipate new interest in his work thanks to the Will Smith "I, Robot" movie.

The second novel in Isaac Asimov's classic science-fiction masterpiece, the Foundation series

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Led by its founding father, the psychohistorian Hari Seldon, and utilizing science andtechnology, the Foundation survived the greed and barbarism of its neighboring warrior-planets. Now cleverness and courage may not be enough. For the Empire-the mightiest force in the Galaxy-is even more dangerous in its death throes. Even worse, a mysterious entity called the Mule has appeared with powers beyond anything humanly conceivable. Who-or what-is the Mule?And how is humanity to defend itself against this invulnerable avatar of annihilation?

Filled with nail-biting suspense, nonstop action, and cutting-edge speculation, Foundation and Empire is the story of humanity's perpetual struggle against the darkness that forever threatens to overwhelm the light-and of how the courage of even a determined few can make all the difference in the universe.