Abandoned places make excellent settings for books. Personally, I like them for a couple reasons:It automatically sets a tone, usually an ominous oneThere is room for creative freedom in describing the settingThere aren’t any unnecessary bystanders to get in the way of the action.There are lots of ways to use abandoned places, and they are used frequently. It could be a building, an empty field, or even an entire city. The possibilities are abounding.Even more interesting is that there are pe...