As of 2:45pm yesterday, Robert Jordan passed away. He was the author of Wheel of Time and the best book series I've ever read. This is very sad considering he's been fighting cardiac amyloidosis for some time now. The last few posts on his blog led us to believe that he was doing quite well. I guess he took a sudden turn for the worst yesterday. We'll have to wait for more details. Right now the Dragonmount website is getting hammered pretty hard so if you let web page loads sit for a few minutes it might load a page for ya.

I initially was worried about the last book (book 12), but the word is he has been dictating plot lines and outlines for the whole book for quite some time and he has a team of writers that are working to convert that from audio tape to written words. I'm sure when Harriet (his wife) feels up to it, she'll take over the responsibilities of the last book. She has been the main editor for all of his book so far, so I feel confident the last book will be as climatic as we all want it to be.