Operation Payback is an escapist adventure that takes place in Canada the USA and Jamaica. The story is told by an unknown voice who only reveals his true identity at the end of the book. The author, Jay Carter Brown, reveals the action while the voice adds comments and opinions in the form of postscripts at the end of each chapter. The effect provides a realism that blurs the line between fiction and reality and draws the reader into a story. Operation Payback offers several hours of entertainment as the reader is carried to strange lands and customs with larger than life characters.