I have grave news for everyone who is a fan of the Wheel of Time books; Robert Jordan, the genius behind one of our modern day fantasy classics, died yesterday due to ongoing complications with primary amyloidosis, a disease he has struggled with for some time now. He lived well past his projected life expectancy, even optimistic about writing further WoT prequels in the future. His final book will be finished by his close friends and family using notes he compiled for this eventuality, a fact he was all the more aware of. But rather than dropping into despair he used his last days to finish off his masterpiece of literature, the Wheel of Time. He will be sorely missed by those of us who were fans of his work.

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