Instead, the Cosmere acts as a shared universe of sorts, with a meta-story building up over time in the background without taking away from the main plots of his novels.

The Cosmere books share a common mythology but aren't part of a single series. During that time, Sanderson continued to build out his own Cosmere universe, which features a collection of novels and short stories set in the same universe. Sanderson was listed as the co-writer for the final trilogy of books, taking Jordan's notes and crafting them into a finale for The Wheel of Time series. Sanderson was an up-and-coming fantasy writer back in 2007 when he was tapped to finish The Wheel of Time series after that series' author Robert Jordan passed away. Sanderson asked his fans not to 'spoil' the campaign initially, instead directing them to a video where Sanderson explained how he had found the time to write four novels in addition to his already packed writing schedule. Sanderson launched a Kickstarter for fans to pre-order the books, initially announcing no details about the books besides that three of the novels were set within the writer's shared Cosmere universe. Earlier this week, Sanderson stunned fantasy fans by announcing that he had written four full-length novels and was planning to self publish them rather than release them via traditional publishing channels.

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