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Revisionary by Jim C. Hines

It has been a really long time since I've posted.  I've been in kind of a creative slump since finishing my bachelor's degree, like all of my brain power was drained and is just now starting to fill back up. I haven't felt much like reading and even less like writing about reading.  Recently, however, I moved to a new apartment which forced me to pack all of my To-Be-Read books.  They got all jumbled up and put in a fresh order on the bookcase so new titles jumped out at me.  I grabbed Revisionary and read it cover-to-cover in a single evening.  It was a little bittersweet because (as far as I know) it's the last book in the Magic Ex Libris series.  Obviously, some spoilers may follow for books 1-3.  Our intrepid hero, Isaac Vainio, has managed to establish a center for magic out near Las Vegas.  Unfortunately, the revelation of magic to the world has been fraught with tension.  Nation states are quick to notice militar...