in alphabetical order

Carpathian Mountains – Mentioned or Implied Mention or Appearance in Every book. Major Appearances in Dark Prince, Dark Desire, Dark Dream and Dark Descent (specifically the Apuseni Mountain Range). Source of healing soil, which is mentioned both in Dark Magic and Dark Destiny.

Hungary – Appeared in Dark Prince and Dark Desire.

Ireland – Appeared in Dark Desire. Shea O’Halloran’s mother, Maggie, apparently was Irish and Shea was mentioned to have lived in Ireland with her mother.

San Francisco (Calistoga and Napa Valley) – Appeared In Dark Gold, Dark Magic and Dark Challenge. Dark Gold, Aidan’s story, takes place entirely in San Francisco. Dark Magic, Gregori’s story, begins in San Francisco with Savannah Dubrinsky’s Magic Show, but continues in New Orleans. Dark Challenge begins in San Francisco with the attempted assassination of Desari at the hands of Vampire Society Members. Mentioned in Dark Legend. Is the birthplace of Sara Marten from Dark Dream.

Boston – Mentioned as a place of Residence for Sara Marten in Dark Dream.

New Orleans – Appeared in Dark Magic, mentioned in Dark Challenge. Gregori and Savannah, from Dark Magic, travel to New Orleans to lead a group of vampire out of San Francisco, away from Aidan and Alexandria Savage. Dark Magic ends in the Bayou of New Orleans. New Orleans is also mentioned in Dark Challenge, considering that Julian had lived there once and Savannah and Gregori occupy the house in which Julian once lived. Also mentioned in Dark Fire. Mentioned as the residence of Julian Savage, where he provided a gift of Carpathian soil to Savannah and Gregori. Soil, which is utilized in Dark Destiny.

North of San Francisco – Clear Lake/Konocti Harbor Resort and Spa – Appeared in Dark Challenge. This Harbor Resort/Spa is a favored place for the band, The Dark Troubadours, to perform. Desari, Darius, Barack, Dayan, and Syndil comprise the band. Also appears in Dark Fire.

Northern Forest, California – Appears in Dark Fire. Also covers the Calistoga and Napa Valley Areas.

Paris, France – Mentioned In Dark Challenge. Appears In Dark Legend. Mentioned in Dark Guardian. Paris France was mentioned in Dark Challenge by Bernardo, the vampire who had tormented Julian throughout his centuries, as a place that the Dark Twins, Gabriel and Lucian, were last known to be seen. He mentions that there are two versions of a battle between them, but that legend has it that one or both were destroyed or sought the dawn. Appearing in Dark Legend, Gabriel and Francesca’s book, as the major setting for it. France itself is mentioned in Dark Guardian.

London – Mentioned in Dark Challenge. Mentioned as a rumored place that the Dark Twins had traveled to or had been spotted in. Appears briefly in Dark Guardian.

Romania – Mentioned in Dark Challenge, Appears in Dark Dream. Mentioned again in Dark Melody. Mentioned in Dark Destiny as a place where Father Mulligan was assigned to at one time. He finds a letter of his Cardinal, which is from Father Hummer (in Dark Prince). The letter discusses Carpathians and their places in God’s Creation.

Transylvania – Mikhail mentions Jonathan Harker’s route through Transylvania in Dark Prince. Mentioned In Dark Challenge. Mentioned in Dark Melody.

Florida – Mentioned in Dark Magic. Mentioned by a Society member as a possible location for a larger contingent of society members. Also was mentioned by “Old Man Alligator” as a retreat for himself. Is the origin of various killers in Dark Guardian.

South America – Mentioned in Dark Magic. It was discussed that there could be some Carpathian individuals who had taken up residence in South America. Possibly referred to by Darius in Dark Challenge. Referenced in Dark Destiny as a place that provides an underground escape route to people who are fleeing the Morrison Center.

Lafitte’s Blacksmith Shop – Appears in Dark Magic. The home base for the “Vampire Hunt” which Gregori, Savannah, and Gary went on. It is where two society members caught up with Savannah.

Coastal Africa – Mentioned in Dark Challenge. Darius and the group of Carpathian children he protected lived in a coastal region of Africa amongst the panthers and leopards. Julian mentions that he also had spent time in Africa, but his path never crossed with Darius and his group. Dayan’s memories in Dark Melody refer back to times running with the Leopards.

Italy – In Dark Dream, Falcon was sent to Italy to destroy vampires in that area of the world. Sent there by Vladimir Dubrinsky, he has no hope of finding a lifemate until the time in which he returns to pay respects to his new prince, Mikhail Dubrinsky, and finds his lifemate along the way. It is the major setting for Dark Symphony.

Egypt – Mentioned in Dark Dream, a boyhood friend of Falcon’s was sent to Egypt. There he eventually turns and eventually kills Sara Marten’s parents. From Egypt, all over the world, the Vampire stalks Sara. Until Jacques and Mikhail Dubrinsky kill him in a confrontation in the Carpathian Mountains.

Columbia and Mexico – Locations the Drug dealers used in Dark Guardian.

Walachia – Appears briefly in Dark Guardian, at the very beginning.

Austria – In Dark Descent, we first find our heroine here, as hired protection for a United States Senator and his wife.

United States – We get a general mention of the United States in Dark Descent, both as a place Joie Sanders comes from and Gregori’s general location at the time of this book.

Cascade Mountain Range – The major setting for Dark Melody, the bar in which Dayan and Corinne meet is located somewhere near them. Where Corinne is taken to heal her heart and prepare for the birth of her child.

Russia, China and North Korea – Dayan has memories of learning survival skills from Amur leopards found along a river in these areas. The leopards are light colored and have longer hair than most. They are nearing extinction. Dark Melody is the book.

Seattle – Location of Dark Destiny. It is where Destiny is found, protecting a woman whom she has grown to care for. She attempts to leave Seattle, but is always drawn back to the people she protects, as if they’re her people. A meeting place featured prominently in Seattle is called the Midnight Marathon.

Brazil – Location of Dark Hunger.  The de la Cruz brothers reside here, as well as a race of Jaguar Shapeshifters, males and females.  We first encounter the de la Cruz’s in Dark Hunger where Riordan meets his lifemate, Juliette.  It is also the home of the Chevez Family, servants and caretakers for the de la Cruz estates.  Their family becomes the focus of the book Dark Secret, when the Chevez brothers try to obtain custody of Ginny and Paul Chevez, half siblings of Colby Jansen.

Morrison Center for Psychic Research – Run by a shadowy figure named Morrison, it’s a center for luring psychic individuals, such as John Wentworth, there for the express purposes of marking them for destruction.  This center first threatened the Carpathians in Dark Magic, when Savannah Dubrinsky is targeted.  Desari was their next target, with Corinne being their current target.  It was also mentioned in Dark Destiny. They contact MaryAnn Delaney, in order to see if she knew of a particular woman the center was ‘looking for’.  It is rumored the woman is very talented in psychometry, the ability to hold objects and tell their history.