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Does anyone know of any good magitech series that go into detail about how magic works and how it's used? I've always found the engineering aspect of magitech really interesting, and having a flexible magic system is cool. An example of the kinda thing I'm looking for is Eragon. Eragon never got into magitech, but the magic system was fairly well explained, enough so that I was disappointed when magitech was never established as a thing.
Brandon Sanderson tickles that itch for me. His Mistborn series is really fun and has some rudimentary magitech without really spoiling anything - all of the magic works in specific ways but how people interact with it changes over time as people learn new (mostly martial) techniques. His Stormlight series has a system of magical doodads that ultimately evolves into full-on magitech, in addition to the kind of magic ninja stuff of Mistborn. Oh also magic mechsuits.
I agree 99%. I just wouldn't describe the Mistborn series as fun. (I'd say the first first 3 Mistborn books are among his more depressing books. I still recommend them because they are great in other ways.)