Foundation #1: Foundation

"For twelve thousand years the Galactic Empire has been the pinnacle of human civilization. But its heyday has passed. Only Harry Sheldon, visionary scientist and father of the science known as psychohistory knows what the future holds – an age of darkness, brutality and warlike conflict that will last thirty millennia. Desperate to pass on knowledge to future generations and save humanity, Sheldon gathers the Empire's top scientists and thinkers and transports them to a planet on the fringes of the galaxy, a world intended to be a cradle of civilization but and beacon of hope for future generations. This shelter is called Themelio. Soon, the Foundation is at the mercy of corrupt warlords emerging from the ruins of the Empire. The inevitable dilemma for the last defenders of human civilization is to submit to the barbarians and live as slaves – or choose freedom, a decision that may lead them and the entire human species to total destruction…

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