Title: Prelude to Foundation

Author: Isaac Asimov

Genre: Science Fiction Novel

This is the first book of a series. Actually, it is the one before the first book, since apparently it was written after "Foundation", which is the next one in the series. To make it short, I already ordered the next volume of the series.

The setting is a world in the far future, where Earth is no more than a legend of the distant past that no one really believes in anymore. Millions of inhabited planets for a gigantic empire, ruled by an emperor.The imagination in building this society - or actually a number of different societies that all co-exist - is astounding.

It is hard to say anything about the story itself without spoiling it for you, but I will try.

It is starting with one little seemingly unimportant character, a mathematician who has come up with a new exanded use of chaos theory. And whether it is accurate or not, true or not that he can predict the future, of course more than one person and group are interested in getting their hands on him. Because predictions can always be used in various ways to influence the future.

And of course - there is a big surprise in store at the end - that you might be able to anticipate if you pay a lot of attention to details during the reading. After all, I am giving you this hint now.