It has been hundreds of years since Second Foundation. Now, 498 years since its founding, the Foundation seems to be following the Seldon Plan 'perfectly'. However, Golan Trevize, Councilman of the First Foundation, was certain the new galactic powerhouse was following the plan, too perfectly. Trevize believed that the supposedly destroyed Second Foundation was actually controlling the First Foundation's every action. Exiled into space with charges of treason, Trevize is sent to find this supposed 'threat' or to die trying. Paired with an aging historian, Janov Pelorat, Trevize leaves Terminus and his home. However, after visiting numerous planets, yet finding nothing, the duo's plan take a drastic change. Whether it is for better or for worse is unknown. Pelorat decides that they are meant to find something else, something greater, Earth.
The last book in the 'actual' Foundation series by Isaac Asimov, Foundation's Edge is full of action, suspense, and mystery. It is, in my opinion, an optional read and not intrinsic to appreciating the series. Similarly, Prelude to Foundation and Forward the Foundation are prequels.
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