"One last adventure!"Andso begins the final quest of Hari Seldon, creator of the science ofPsychohistory, as he escapes from exile for a last look at thestar-flung Empire whose fate he has plotted with such care, and as henow sees, such futility.Isaac Asimov's Foundation Trilogy is oneof the high-water marks of science fiction. The monumental story of aGalactic Empire in decline, and the secret society of scientists whoseek to shorten the inevitable Dark Age with the science ofPsychohistory,Foundationpioneered many of the familiar themes of modern science fiction.Now,with the permission and blessing of the Asimov estate, three of today'smost acclaimed science fiction authors have conspired to complete theepic the Grand Master left unfinished.The Second Foundation Trilogy begins with Gregory Benford'sFoundation's Fearwith the origins of the Foundation's creator, Hari Seldon. It continues in Greg Bear'sFoundation and Chaoswith the epic tale of Seldon's downfall, and the first stirrings of robotic rebellion. Now, in David Brin'sFoundation's Triumph, Seldon is about to risk everything for knowledge - and the power it bestows.Effectivelyimprisoned on the all-steel plantet Trantor, Seldon knows that hisSecond Foundation is growing is secrecy on the far planet Terminus, safein the hand of "The Fifty." His work complete, Seldon is prepared todie content - until he learns of a new theory that may explain the ChaosPlanets that have threatened his Foundation from its very inception.Escapingin the company of a bureaucrat, a pirate, and a beautiful stowaway,Seldon roams the galaxy by star shunt, a wormhole link, and later, byprivate spaceship, searching for the answer to what he thinks is thelast remaining mystery. But instead he find a tangle of ambition, doubt,and treachery. Lodovik Trema, no longer bound by the Three Laws, isgathering rebellious robots in an Empire-wide conspiracy. And DaneelOlivaw, who has devoted twenty thousand years to humankind, now has anew master.The secret Foundation itself is at risk. Are TheFifty, with their awesome mentalic powers, enough to assure humankind'sfuture? Or will the Second Foundation succeed the first only to fall tothe powers of chaos that have bedeviled - and beguiled - Hari Seldonfrom the beginning?Foundation's Triumphis a fittingclimax to the most ambitious and successful science fictional enterpriseof the century's end; an undertaking which Asimov himself - like HariSeldon - set in motion and would surely approve.