I don’t know anything about Radcliff KY, but in his defense, I often move geographical locations around to steamline the prose. When I do so, I normally change the names as well. Much more glaring to me was the entire 2,000 mile horse ride from Belize across Mexico to northern New Mexico. We’re told the starvation is so bad that there is cannibalism, yet the hero rides his horse straight across wide open MExico, adn NOBODY snipes that ton of meat on the hoof? That was a huge part of the story, and it just made me roll my eyes.
Another thing that got me was the fact that the European nations (and Belize) managed to keep everything pretty much under control, but the US and Israel collapsed into anarchy.
“Much more glaring to me was the entire 2,000 mile horse ride from Belize across Mexico to northern New Mexico.”
2,000 miles HORSE ride? That would take 90 days IF the horse made it. Throwing a shoe or snapping a tendon is a real possibility. If I can get 20 miles a day on a horse day after day, much less one loaded with food and gear for such a long trip, it would be a motorized vehicle! When did the horse get a chance to eat??