I have finally figured it out.Jordan died after Fires of Heaven. Yep. That has to be it. He died and Tor got Goodkind, Rawn or some other plodding fantasy writer to finish up the series. Only it was such a cash cow that they won't finish it. It will just go on and on and on until there are no more trees left on the planet.Or maybe a computer is writing it. You know, one programmed to write sentences like "Rand would know what to do, he understands women." or "Egwene smoothed her skirt." or "Elayne hugged Avendha and realized that she loved her like a sister." Or endless descriptions of the weather and where the characters slept and what they ate and Nynaeve's PMS.But Jordan is dead. Has to be.Hey -- the best thing about the last couple of books are the reviews on Amazon. They are GREAT. Witty, fun, succinct, clever. Everything the series is not. Worth reading. 5 stars for the reviews.