Question: The Final Empire is the first novel in which series of epic fantasy novels written by American author Brandon Sanderson and published by Tor Books?

Context articles: Mistborn series
Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection
The Way of Kings
Mistborn: The Final Empire
Words of Radiance
Mistborn: The Hero of Ages
The Stormlight Archive
Elantris
Mistborn: The Alloy of Law
Oathbringer

Mistborn is a series of epic fantasy novels written by American author Brandon Sanderson and published by Tor Books.
 The first series, published between 2006 and 2008, consists of "", "", and "".
Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection is a collection of epic fantasy short stories and novellas written by American author Brandon Sanderson set in his Cosmere universe.
 It was published on November 22, 2016 by Tor Books.
The Way of Kings is a 2010 epic fantasy novel written by American author Brandon Sanderson and the first book in "The Stormlight Archive" series.
 The novel was published on August 31, 2010 by Tor Books.
 "The Way of Kings" consists of one prelude, one prologue, 75 chapters, an epilogue and 9 interludes.
 It was followed by "Words of Radiance" in 2014.
Mistborn: The Final Empire, also known simply as Mistborn or The Final Empire, is a fantasy novel written by American author Brandon Sanderson.
 It was published on July 17, 2006 by Tor Books and is the first novel in the "Mistborn trilogy", followed by "" in 2007 and "" in 2008.
Words of Radiance is a 2014 epic fantasy novel written by American author Brandon Sanderson and the second book in "The Stormlight Archive" series.
 The novel was published on March 4, 2014 by Tor Books.
 "Words of Radiance" consists of one prologue, 89 chapters, an epilogue and 14 interludes.
 It is preceded by "The Way of Kings" and followed by "Oathbringer".
Mistborn: The Hero of Ages is a fantasy novel written by American author Brandon Sanderson.
 It was published on October 14, 2008 by Tor Books and is the third novel in the "Mistborn" trilogy.
 It is preceded by "" in 2007 and followed by "" in the "Mistborn: Era 2" series, "Wax and Wayne" in 2011.
The Stormlight Archive is an ongoing epic fantasy series written by American author Brandon Sanderson.
 Planned as the first of ten books, "The Way of Kings" was published on August 31, 2010 by Tor Books in the United States.
 The second book, "Words of Radiance", was published on March 4, 2014.
 The third book in the series, titled "Oathbringer", is scheduled to be released on November 14, 2017.
Elantris is a fantasy novel written by American author Brandon Sanderson.
 It was first published on April 21, 2005 by Tor Books and is significant as Sanderson's first published book.
Mistborn: The Alloy of Law is a high fantasy novel written by American author Brandon Sanderson.
 It was published on November 8, 2011 by Tor Books and is the first book in the "Wax and Wayne" series and fourth in the "Mistborn" series.
 It is preceded by "" from the "Mistborn Original Trilogy" in 2008 and followed by "" in 2015.
Oathbringer is an upcoming 2017 epic fantasy novel written by American author Brandon Sanderson and the third book in "The Stormlight Archive" series.
 It will be published by Tor Books and is scheduled to be released on November 14, 2017.
 "Oathbringer" will consist of one prologue, 122 chapters, an epilogue and 14 interludes.
 It is preceded by "Words of Radiance".