Second Foundation, the third novel in Isaac Asimov's Foundation series, chronicles the desperate search for the hidden Second Foundation—an order of mental scientists secretly guiding humanity's future through Hari Seldon's Plan. Divided into two parts, the story first follows the Mule, a mutant conqueror hunting his only potential rivals, then shifts to Arkady Darell, a fourteen-year-old girl caught in a web of intrigue between the First Foundation and the elusive Second. As political schemes and psychic warfare unfold, both factions race to locate the concealed organization. The novel culminates in a stunning revelation: the Second Foundation has been hiding on Trantor, the former galactic capital, all along.
