The upside - a strong setting.

The downside - a painful series of interactions between two examples of self important asshats. A vapid, shallow, selfish jerk vs a hyper masculine, self righteous self appointed fixer. This is the one the author calls "a real hero".

After getting halfway through I realized there are zero characters in this book I like so threw it aside.

Kudos for Houston setting. As a Houstonian for the entire 80s and then some I enjoyed that. That's why 2 stars instead of 1.

I hope the book ended with both main characters doing the world a favor and killing each other.