So when I began this journey on the BART in 2008, I was traveling through the city of Oakland to get home from work. I had a long legal pad and a pen with me and had almost 30 mins to kill. So I wrote. I wrote what was around me and in front of me.
And that was Oakland, California. I wanted to write this city in a good light since I had fallen in love with it. Yes, it has its crime (Kenny gets mugged in the 1st chapter) but its sense of community is astounding. Oaklanders will rally together quick for a celebration or a protest. I wanted to show that in this series. Although the other books are mainly taking place somewhere else (more about that below), Oakland is where Kenny's base is.
Book 1- Takes place solely in the Bay Area (with trips to the Arctic or Norway). Oakland is where Kenny, Shawn, Johnson and Christian live. Tonya lives in Richmond with her partner. Teddy resides in Emeryville while Jerry lives in the Glen Park neighborhood of San Francisco. Percy's estate is hidden in Marin County (west of Mt. Diablo). We do see Kenny's older brother, who resides in Miami.
Book 2- First part is based in Southern California (mostly Long Beach), but we make trips back to Oakland periodically. Miami plays a part a bit as we are introduced to Kenny's younger brother, mother and father. The rest of the book takes place in the Hellish Realms (he travels thru 4 out of the 7 hells; Matagal- the limbo of jungles, Kur- fire and brimstone, Naraka- the hell of tortured souls, and Shiva- frozen hell of flames).
Book 3- We are back in Oakland, more people have moved in. We see a lot more of Miami and Kenny's family. They are taken hostage by the villain and are being held in the many divisions of Inside Earth. So we journey through the entire area of the Earth. Dinosaurs, faeries, nymphs and wyverns are living here, among other beings hidden from the outer world. There's a Leviathian, too.
Book 4- Starts in the only remaining heaven left, Nirvana. We meet Aries, Ryujin (the Dragon God) and Vishnu. We also head back to Oakland just to prepare to journey to Antarctica. Pandora's box makes an appearance releasing violence, sickness, corruption and hate. We are introduced to who the Antichrist is.
Book 5- The Entire World is the setting. The end? Or the beginning?
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