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The Arcane Society

by Amanda Quick

The Arcane Society series by Amanda Quick has 5 known books (5 published) and is best read in publication order, starting with Second Sight (2006).

Books
5 known books (5 novels)
Published
5
First published
2006
Status
ongoing
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Start here: Second Sight (2006) — then read straight through in publication order.

Book one

Cover of Second Sight

Second Sight (2006)

Reading order

The date order of published books and any announced future entries — the default way to read the series.

  1. Second Sight

    Novel

    Second Sight opens the Amanda Quick installments of Jayne Ann Krentz's cross-pen-name Arcane Society continuity in 2006, launching the secret society of the psychically gifted in a Regency/Victorian setting during the Society's founding era. It runs 390 pages and precedes The Third Circle.

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  2. The Third Circle

    Novel

    Released in 2008, The Third Circle sits between Second Sight and The Perfect Poison in this catalogue's Amanda Quick coverage of the Arcane Society -- its ordinal of 4 reflects the Jayne Ann Krentz and Jayne Castle entries in between that aren't yet catalogued here. It runs 352 pages.

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  3. The Perfect Poison

    Novel

    The Perfect Poison, published in 2009 and running 400 pages, is the sixth entry in the shared Arcane Society continuity, continuing Amanda Quick's historical installments of Krentz's decades-spanning story of the psychically gifted.

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  4. Burning Lamp

    Novel

    Burning Lamp, from 2010, is book two of the Dreamlight Trilogy sub-arc within the Arcane Society continuity, sitting between The Perfect Poison and Quicksilver in the reading order at 392 pages.

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  5. Quicksilver

    Novel

    Quicksilver closes out the published Amanda Quick run of the Arcane Society to date, following Burning Lamp in 2011 as book two of the Looking Glass Trilogy sub-arc. It runs 353 pages.

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About The Arcane Society

The Arcane Society is Jayne Ann Krentz's biggest structural experiment: one continuous, decades-spanning story about a secret society of the psychically gifted, told across all three of her pen names at once and read in a single shared publication-order sequence rather than three separate ones. As Amanda Quick, the historical installments are set in late Victorian/Regency England, following the Society's founding era; the same overarching continuity also runs through contemporary novels published as Jayne Ann Krentz and futuristic, colony-world novels published as Jayne Castle, with the numbering skipping between all three identities in the order they actually appeared in print. This catalogue currently tracks only the five Amanda Quick installments of that shared continuity -- Second Sight, The Third Circle, The Perfect Poison, Burning Lamp, and Quicksilver -- which is why their ordinals here (1, 4, 6, 8, 11) skip: the missing numbers belong to Jayne Ann Krentz and Jayne Castle entries not yet catalogued under those pen names.

Frequently asked questions

How many Arcane Society books did Amanda Quick write?

Five: Second Sight (2006), The Third Circle (2008), The Perfect Poison (2009), Burning Lamp (2010), and Quicksilver (2011).

Why do the Amanda Quick Arcane Society ordinals skip numbers?

Because the Arcane Society is one continuity told across all three of Jayne Ann Krentz's pen names in a single shared publication order. The missing positions (2-3, 5, 7, 9-10, 12) are Jayne Ann Krentz and Jayne Castle entries, not yet catalogued on this site.

Do I need to read the Jayne Ann Krentz or Jayne Castle Arcane Society books to follow the Amanda Quick ones?

Not strictly for each book's own mystery plot, but the wider Arcane Society mythology and family connections do build across all three identities, so readers who want the full picture will eventually need all three.

What are the Dreamlight Trilogy and Looking Glass Trilogy?

Two three-book sub-arcs within the Arcane Society continuity, each split across all three pen names: the Dreamlight Trilogy is Fired Up (Krentz), Burning Lamp (Quick), and Midnight Crystal (Castle); the Looking Glass Trilogy is In Too Deep (Krentz), Quicksilver (Quick), and Canyons of Night (Castle).

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