Status Updates From Nadace a Říše (Nadace, #2)

The first part of this book ends kind of abruptly with the Emperor getting suspicious of his lead general and second-hand man. The war ends prematurely.

The captured trader bates the emperor’s second-hand man into a power grab. Soon after the docile consultant knocks the general over the head with something like a snow globe.

This dude from the empire believes he can envelope the Foundation in a spherical attack. The emissary he dragged along is convinced that the Foundation’s victory is foretold.