{"product_id":"second-foundation-paperback","title":"Second Foundation by Isaac Asimov | Science Fiction Paperback Book","description":"\u003ch2\u003eSecond Foundation – Isaac Asimov’s quiet, unsettling conclusion to the original Foundation trilogy, presented in this paperback edition.\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA restrained, inward novel in which power becomes invisible, certainty dissolves, and the future is shaped far from the centres of authority.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe grand design laid down by Hari Seldon is no longer secure. The rise of the Mule has exposed a flaw at the heart of psychohistory, and with it the uneasy truth that history may not be as controllable as once believed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs rumours spread of a hidden Second Foundation, fear replaces confidence. Those who believe themselves to be masters of strategy discover that influence can operate silently, without armies or declarations, altering events from within rather than from the surface of power.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSecond Foundation\u003c\/strong\u003e is the most introspective of the trilogy, concerned less with institutions than with perception, intellect, and the subtle limits of rational planning. 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