At first indifferent and dubious, Trevize becomes interested in Earth when he realizes that Seldon's phrase "at the other end of the Galaxy" (the phrase he used to describe the Second Foundation's location) could mean Earth, as being the very first world of humanity when compared to Terminus. Trevize and Pelorat, having been "exiled" in a very advanced new Foundation cruiser, start discussing Pelorat's interest in Earth and its legends. Led by an opportunistic Table member, Delora Delarmi, the Table votes to impeach Gendibal. Once at the Table meeting, Gendibal raises the hostility of the Table by making the accusation of attempted murder, as someone at the Table had plotted to make Gendibal late to the meeting by arranging the conflict with the farmers.
Mayor Harla Branno, fearing the Foundation Council will soon raise their voices in concern for Trevize, blackmails Compor and sends him out in another vessel to pursue Trevize. Although his mental powers can easily handle the Hamish, Gendibal knows he cannot enter their minds. Shortly after, while exercising before a Table meeting, Gendibal is accosted and nearly assaulted by Hamish farmers, and is saved by the tongue of a Hamishwoman berating the farmer. He also asks why Trevize was exiled from Terminus, and believes he is a "lightning rod" sent out to locate and expose the Second Foundation.
Simultaneously, on the world of Trantor, Stor Gendibal, a young but rising intellect in the Second Foundation hierarchy, discovers a secret he reveals to the current First Speaker - that the Seldon Plan, which the Second Foundation diligently protects and furthers along, is controlled by an organization more powerful than the Second Foundation. As a cover, he is to be accompanied by one Janov Pelorat, a professor of Ancient History, who is searching for Earth, the long-lost homeworld of humanity. She orders him to leave and to search for the Second Foundation. Branno was waiting for Trevize to openly challenge her, on a day when her political power was highest, and contrives a plan to remove Trevize from Terminus. Trevize then brazenly attacks Branno's policies in a Council meeting, in which he is arrested for treason and removed. He first makes his feelings known to a fellow Councilman, Munn Li Compor, who has sold Trevize out to the Mayor. However, on this day, Golan Trevize, a Councilman with an unusual intuition, questions whether the Second Foundation, which is thought to be extinct, is still controlling events.
Five hundred years after the Foundation's beginnings, her policies have been vindicated by Seldon's Plan. The Mayor of Terminus City, Harla Branno, is basking in a political glow, after an appearance by the holographic Hari Seldon. Be forewarned, plot and/or ending details follow. This article, Foundation's Edge, contains spoilers.
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