num_pages: 280
description: After years of struggle, the Foundation lies in ruins — destroyed by the mutant mind power of the Mule. But it is rumored that there is a Second Foundation hidden somewhere at the end of the Galaxy, established to preserve the knowledge of mankind through the long centuries of barbarism. The Mule failed to find it the first time — but now he is certain he knows where it lies.The fate of the Foundation rests on young Arkady Darell, only fourteen years old and burdened with a terrible secret. As its scientists gird for a final showdown with the Mule, the survivors of the First Foundation begin their desperate search. They too want the Second Foundation destroyed... before it destroys them.
language: English
title: Second Foundation
titlecomplete: Second Foundation
characters: Hari Seldon, Mule, Preem Palver, Arcadia Darell, Bail Channis
genres: Fiction, Space Opera, Speculative Fiction, Classics, Science Fiction Fantasy, Science Fiction, Space, Audiobook, Fantasy, Novels
ratings_count: 178616
series: Foundation (Chronological Order), Foundation (Publication Order), Greater Foundation Universe
awards: awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Retro Hugo Award
category: Best Novella for "...And Now You Don't"
publisher: Bantam Spectra