Encounter Series Map

🗺️ Welcome to Burnt Oak: The Heart of the Encounter Series

Every story needs a place to call home — and for the Encounter Series, that place is Burnt Oak. A fictional town, two-miles outside London, Burnt Oak looks ordinary at first glance: winding roads lined with forest, mist drifting over the fields, and a High Street that feels as if the twenty-first century passed it by. But look closer, and you’ll see the echoes of everything that’s happened here.

This hand-drawn map traces the landmarks that shaped the series. From Ridgewood, the gated mansion hidden in the forest where Jack and the others lived before Alliance, to the Gekko Club, whose pulsing neon glow and shifting shadows have seen more than one pivotal night in multiple universes. Venture deeper into the forest and you’ll find the clearing, where Eliza discovered the Grey’s ship — and everything changed.

And of course, no tour of Burnt Oak would be complete without Ruby’s Café — where Eliza works. Owned by Ruby and Len, her substitute grandparents, the café is one of the town’s most stable and comforting constants amid the chaos of the series.

This map gathers these locations into one visual reference, offering a clearer picture of Burnt Oak’s layout and the geography behind key plot moments.

Thank you for taking a closer look at the setting that supports so many of the series’ key moments. Every corner of this town carries a secret or memory — For readers who like to orient themselves within a fictional world, this map serves as a guide to the town’s most significant landmarks.

Burnt Oak has undergone explosions, discoveries and confrontations, and I hope this map helps you navigate the world of the Encounter Series with a clearer sense of place and context.