Finalist of the Stalker Award for the best novel. Hugo Award for the best series of all time. Scientist Gary Seldon, the founder of a new science - psychohistory, in his works proved the inevitability of the collapse of the Galactic Empire, which united millions of inhabited worlds. To prevent civilization from falling into the abyss of impending chaos, Seldon developed a detailed plan for the restoration of the Empire. To implement it, he founded two Academies in different parts of the Galaxy, uniting the best minds of humanity. It seemed that nothing could prevent the implementation of the great Seldon Plan, but human ambitions led to a conflict between the Academies, and humanity again found itself on the edge of the abyss... The final book of the “Academy” series by the great Isaac Asimov.