The Progressive Kicker by Michael O'Brien (The Time Machine, Soft Cover)

"This is the best Book Test I have ever seen!"
- Jack Goldfinger, Entertainment Director at the World Famous Magic Castle

The Book Test is one of those jaw-dropping mentalism effects that makes your audience question their sanity. Picture this: your participant thinks of a word from a book, and you somehow pluck that word straight from their mind. Michael O'Brien's Progressive Book Test is your best mate for this, easy to use and completely devoid of memorisation—thank goodness!

Michael has crafted these books with clarity in mind, so you can divine any word your spectator thinks of without the need for fishing, guessing, or asking a million questions (because who enjoys that awkwardness?). The book practically hands you the word! Plus, it’s simple enough for your spectator to navigate without breaking a sweat on stage!

Now, many book tests have you memorising a dreadful list of words (no thanks!), which can turn into a right pickle when you're under the spotlight. With the Progressive Book Test, there’s absolutely ZERO memorisation required. The book does all the heavy lifting for you!
Reading minds can get a bit stale if it feels too repetitive. Luckily, the Progressive Book Test includes a plethora of routines and variations across multiple popular book titles to keep things fresh and engaging for both you and your audience! You can perform these routines solo or stitch them together into a seamless sequence that builds up the impossibility and excitement!

And let’s not forget the introduction of "The Kicker Book Test," which opens up an entire new realm of possibilities for your performances. Predict a word before your spectator even thinks of it, shoot a bullet hole through the page, or even make a page vanish! The best part? You can perform all of this hands-off!

What methods are included?

• Flashback - Know the first word of any page without having to force the page or even know the page number. Magic, right?
• Flashforward - Know a word on the first line of the next page. And yes, you guessed it, no page forcing or number knowledge required.
• Inception - Instead of fishing for a thought, you can plant the word you want in their mind. Easy-peasy! Clean and effective!
• Any Word on Any Page - Let the spectator choose a word from anywhere in the book—without you even holding it! It's all completely hands-off! No peeking, forcing, or guessing involved! You could be in the next room for all it matters!
• The Progressive Book Test - Use a single book to divine 3 thought-of words from different parts of the book all at once! No fishing, forcing, or guessing! You’ll know all three words as soon as they pick a page. Each word gets progressively bigger and more mind-blowing!
• Tossed Out Book - Toss out one or multiple books and read the minds of 6 spectators simultaneously! Nothing to memorise and the words can be chosen from anywhere on the page—making this one of the cleanest Tossed Out Book routines around!
• Hands-Free Forcing - Force a word or specific page without needing to touch the book. Magic without the BS!
• The Kicker Ending - Reveal a thought-of word without asking a single question, predict a thought-of word before it's even chosen, shoot a bullet or arrow through the spectator's word, make a page vanish and appear in an impossible location, and more!