The novel “Foundation and Chaos” by Greg Bear was published for the first time in 1998. It’s the second book of the so-called second Foundation trilogy and follows “Foundation’s Fear”.

Hari Seldon devoted his life to psychohistory but he has made many enemies and predicting the end of the Galactic Empire doesn’t help his reputation. For this reason, he must defend himself against a charge of high treason and be judged by Linge Chen, who holds the real power.

R. Daneel Olivaw is working with a group of robots to guide humanity through the transition period that will begin after the inevitable end of the Galactic Empire. During a trip to space, the robot that uses the human identity of Lodovic Trema undergoes a change that leads him to reevaluate all of his work.

Klia is a girl with remarkable psychic powers who finds herself in a complicated situation which seems to worsen day by day as she seems to become the object of interest of dangerous people. Forced to accept help from a mysterious group, she ends up involved in a power struggle she doesn’t understand.