Tor Books has announced who will finish Robert Jordan’s final novel Tor Books announced today that novelist Brandon Sanderson has been chosen to finish writing the final novel in Robert Jordans bestselling Wheel of Time fantasy series. Jordan died Sept. 16 from a rare blood disease. The new novel, A Memory of Light, will be the 12th and final book in the fantasy series which has sold more than 14 million copies in North America and more than 30 million copies worldwide.