Brandon Sanderson Reads and Signs February 1, 2013

When Robert Jordan passed away from cardiac amyloidosis in 2007, there was an incredible outpouring of emotion from the deeply beloved author's millions of fans, but also great sadness and consternation that his life's work might go unfinished. But Jordan had prepared for the moment: with hundreds of pages of notes devoted to the concluding volumes, he made his desire known to his widow and long-time editor, Harriet McDougal, to find a successor to finish the series. Her selection, a little-known fantasy author and devoted fan of Jordan's named Brandon Sanderson, has gone above and beyond fan expectation with two of the final three volumes, The Gathering Storm and Towers of Midnight (both #1 New York Times bestsellers). Now, with A MEMORY OF LIGHT, the Sanderson and McDougal duo have made sure that this last book lives up to the very high standard Jordan set, and gives the series and the fans a worthy and deserving conclusion.

Brandon Sanderson himself is an inspirational story in the field. He was a hotel night clerk?who had written many novels?unpublished, unfinished, hidden from the light of a day?when a chance encounter led him to send an unagented manuscript to an editor at a convention. That manuscript became his bestselling debut novel Elantris. Since that moment he has built up in his own loyal fan base with the critically acclaimed and New York Times bestselling novels The Way of Kings, Warbreaker, and the "Mistborn" trilogy, and his star is clearly on the rise. His newest original novel, The Alloy of Law, debuted at #7 on the New York Times bestseller list. And while millions of fans eagerly await this winter's final Wheel of Time novel, just as many are looking forward to what Brandon Sanderson will do next.

Brandon Sanderson is at the head of a class of modern superstar fantasy authors re-inventing the genre?and has had the distinguished honor of completing one of the most legendary long-running series in history. A MEMORY OF LIGHT by Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson might just be the most anticipated book of 2013 in any genre.