Book 34: "Foundation and Empire" by Isaac Asinov
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kittiwakeRiose indicated the smooth black bench under the fragrant tree-fern whose large spatulate leaves lifted flatly against the white sun. "See that, sir? It is a relic of the Imperium. The ornamental benches, built for lovers, linger on fresh and useful while the factories and the palaces collapse into unremembered ruin."
The fourth Seldon Crisis occurs when Foundation is attacked by what remains of the decaying Galactic Empire. The Empire's technicians no longer remember how to maintain their fleet and the spaceships built in the last fifty years are mere shadows of the older ships.
A hundred years later, the rise of the strange and powerful mutant who calls himself the Mule threatens to upset Hari Seldon's plan, and a Foundation psychologist realises that it may only be the mysterious Second Foundation that can defeat the Mule.
The fourth Seldon Crisis occurs when Foundation is attacked by what remains of the decaying Galactic Empire. The Empire's technicians no longer remember how to maintain their fleet and the spaceships built in the last fifty years are mere shadows of the older ships.
A hundred years later, the rise of the strange and powerful mutant who calls himself the Mule threatens to upset Hari Seldon's plan, and a Foundation psychologist realises that it may only be the mysterious Second Foundation that can defeat the Mule.
