by Isaac Asimov
First published 1950
Joseph Schwartz, a retired tailor, is accidentally catapulted thousands of years into the future. He finds himself in a radioactive Earth, a backwater province of a vast Galactic Empire ruled by a ruthless aristocracy. Schwartz's ordinary life is upended as he's drawn into a deadly power struggle, uncovering a shocking conspiracy at the heart of the imperial regime. With limited time and dwindling options, he must navigate a hostile, futuristic world and risk everything to expose the truth before it's too late.
Genres: science-fiction, 20th-century, adventure, action, alternate-history
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: fish-out-of-water, uncovering-the-truth
Setting: Trantorian Empire
400 pages · Paperback · HarperVoyager