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Robots and empire

by Isaac Asimov

In this fifth instalment of the Robot series, Dr Kelden Amadiro seeks revenge for a past humiliation by plotting the total destruction of Earth. As tensions between Earth and the Spacers reach a breaking point, the future of the entire universe is placed at risk.

Accession 9832 ISBN 0385190921 Publisher Doubleday
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