The World

A Travel Journal Turned Mystery

Landscapes, cultures and the places where legends are still spoken aloud.

The Hollow Atlas

Where the Legends Wait

Every land has a history. Every shadow has a name.

Browse every destination as a list

Markers for invented places sit at a broad regional level and are labelled fictional. Locations from upcoming books appear when each book is released.

Misty Colorado mountain forest at night

Where the Pines Keep Secrets

High country of dark timber and thin air, where weather turns without warning and the silence between the trees can feel deliberate.

39° N · 105° W

Moonlit Philippine coastline with distant islands

Islands Between Dusk and Dawn

Warm nights, heavy rain and village roads lit by a single window — a place where the old warnings are still taken seriously.

11° N · 122° E

Shrine gate in mountain mist, Japan

Where the Mountains Remember

Cedar forests, shrine gates in the mist, and a long tradition of honouring — and fearing — the dead.

36° N · 138° E

Temple spire silhouetted under a pale moon, India

Fires at the Edge of the Night

Ancient story cycles, crowded streets and quiet riverbanks — a land where the oldest tales are still told aloud.

22° N · 79° E

Acacia trees under a rising moon, East Africa

Rumours on the Night Wind

Coral-stone towns, monsoon winds and the dark of the Indian Ocean beyond the shore.

6° S · 39° E

Standing stones in Highland mist, Scotland

The Glen Beyond the Last Light

Heather, peat and standing stones beneath skies that never fully darken in summer and never fully brighten in winter.

57° N · 4° W

These settings reflect the series' wider inspirations. They are not a guide to the events of any particular book.