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Author's death and final book(s)

See also: A Memory of Light and The Gathering Storm (book)

Jordan had stated that the main sequence would conclude with the twelfth book, A Memory of Light. According to Forbes, Jordan had intended for it to be the final book "even if it reaches 2,000 pages."^[13]

Jordan was diagnosed with the fatal heart disease cardiac amyloidosis in December 2005,^[14] while he intended to finish at least A Memory of Light even if the "worse comes to worst,"^[15] he made preparations in case he was not able to complete the book: "I'm getting out notes, so if the worst actually happens, someone could finish A Memory of Light and have it end the way I want it to end."^[13]

With Jordan's death on 16 September 2007, the conclusion of the series was in question. On December 7 of that year the publisher Tor Books announced that fantasy author Brandon Sanderson was to finish A Memory of Light.^[16] Sanderson, a long time fan of the series,^[17] was chosen by Jordan's widow Harriet McDougal partly because she liked Sanderson's novels and partly because of a eulogy he had written for Jordan.^[18][19]

On 30 March 2009 Tor Books announced that the A Memory of Light would be split into three volumes, the first of which, The Gathering Storm, was released on October 27, 2009.^[20][21] The second book of the trilogy is titled Towers of Midnight and is expected to be published in late 2010. The title of this book was chosen by Brandon Sanderson. The final book of the series uses the title of what Jordan thought would be the final book of the series, A Memory of Light. The book is tentatively scheduled to be published in late 2011.^[22]