Wherever a pack of cards is shuffled, Jack Avis and Lewis Jones have been acclaimed worldwide for their original writings and contributions in magazines, books and other sources of high profile magic.
Ahead of the Pack is a book that will undoubtedly stir the blood of true magic aficionados everywhere. In these pages you will find creative thinking that comes from half a century of passion and commitment to the creation of stunning magic in the mould of Dai Vernon, Ed Marlo, Alex Elmsley, John Ramsay and AL Koran.
Here you will find gems that have been guarded secrets for ages, hitherto lodged in volumes of hand written notebooks. Lewis Jones amazing telephone effect Mystral is a mind-reading principle in which "people can make a free choice of virtually anything". And jack Avis releases for the first time a totally new handling of the Centre-Tear that requires no palming and no turning away for a secret glimpse - a method that will surely be welcomed into the repertoire of mentalists everywhere. These are just two highly imaginative ideas from a magic duo that together with sixty other new ideas, moves and routines will unquestionably find their way into the annals of 21st century quality magic.