The Currents of Space (Galactic Empire, #2)

by Isaac Asimov

The second book in the Galactic Empire series, the spectacular precursor to the classic Foundation series, by one of history's most influential writers of science fiction, Isaac Asimov

Trantor had extended its rule over half the Galaxy, but the other half defied its authority, defending their corrupt fiefdoms with violence and repression. On the planet Florina, the natives labored as slaves for their arrogant masters on nearby Sark. But now both worlds were hurtling toward a cataclysmic doom, and only one man knew the truth--a slave unaware of the secret knowledge locked inside his own brain.

Rik had once been a prominent scientist until a psychic probe erased all memories of his past. Now he was a humble laborer in the kyrt mills of Florina. Then the memories began to return, bringing with them the terrible truth about the future--a truth that his masters on Sark would kill to keep secret . . . even at the cost of their own survival.

• ISBN10: 0553293419
• ISBN13: 9780553293418
• Publish Date: 1 December 1991 (first published 12 February 1975)
• Publish Status: Out of Stock
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group
• Format: Paperback
• Language: English

Reviews

[adamfortuna]

First book in Asimov's Empire series. Interesting to learn how everything was setup for Foundation, the characters and the story were slow and painful to finish.