Foundation and Empire
Isaac Asimov$15.30
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The second novel in Isaac Asimov's classic science-fiction masterpiece, the Foundation series
Led by its founding father, the psychohistorian Hari Seldon, and utilizing science and technology, 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.
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Spectra Books
Published: 04/29/2008
ISBN: 9780553382587
Pages: 244
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.60d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 34782 / Foundation and Empire
Reading Level: 6.4 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 12
Led by its founding father, the psychohistorian Hari Seldon, and utilizing science and technology, 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.
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Spectra Books
Published: 04/29/2008
ISBN: 9780553382587
Pages: 244
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.60d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 34782 / Foundation and Empire
Reading Level: 6.4 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 12