Fateand a cruel Emperors arbitrary powerhave thrust Hari Seldon into the First Ministership of the Empire against his will. As the story opens Hari is about to ... » 

Fateand a cruel Emperors arbitrary powerhave thrust Hari Seldon into the First Ministership of the Empire against his will. As the story opens Hari is about to leave his quiet professorship and take on the all but impossible task of administering twentyfive million inhabited worlds from the allsteel planet of Trantor. With the help of his beautiful bioengineered wife Dors and his alien companion Yugo Seldon is still developing the science that will transform history never dreaming that it will ultimately pit him against future historys most awesome threat. «