An intrigue-building third edition to the series. We move forward another few generations, to the descendants of Bayta—specifically the great granddaughter who aims to have the same spirit. This one feels like a short piece of a much longer story, and at this point the story is starting to seem eternal…

Hari Seldon’s predictions seem to have gone wrong the way things are turning out, but the true believers see the truth and make the connections. The Mule looked to have thwarted Seldon, but the Second Foundation proves him wrong—and Arkady, our witty 14 year old, might outsmart them all.

The only thing I don’t like about this series is that you get to know a character and then they’re gone…