bThe second novel in Isaac Asimov's classic science-fiction masterpiece, the Foundation series pTHE EPIC SAGA THAT INSPIRED THE UPCOMING APPLE TV SERIES iFOUNDATIONib pLed 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 pFilled with nail-biting suspense, nonstop action, and cutting-edge speculation, iFoundation and Empirei 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 di