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[Sappho]

deus ex machina, almost literally.

I think a pretty important theme of that series is that there is no god from the machine.

Not as such, but it is all going "according to plan" from centuries ago, which from the point of view of the narrative looks like a DEM. The biggest ass-pull IMHO was the second foundation, but to be fair I stopped reading after that, so it could have gone downhill.

Ah, yeah, you have to read further to get to where it all falls apart, because there is no perfectly predictive science and their calculations can't account for extraordinary individuals. It gets more and more interesting, and then suddenly less interesting in the later books.

[Zrk2]

If you want similarly epic books I can't help but recommend The Malazan Book of the Fallen. It's an... epic fantasy with extensive politics, although they aren't the main focus. My only complain with it is all the angst. Still one of my favourite series, though.