1925 in the American Midwest was a simpler, more innocent time. Radio was new, the whole town came out for the Fourth of July. The diner served the same thing every day. Life in Brightness Falls was quiet and predictable. Or was it?First, Frank McCorrie, the town librarian, meets an alchemist on the train. Then, a beautiful young witch appears in his library. And when a magician emerges from a shack on the riverbank, Frank finds himself at the center of magic, love, and intrigue.Funny, touching, and frightening, The Magic War is a tale of a young man's entry into adulthood and adventure set in a lost America.