The history of the Algerian spy novel pretty much begins with Youcef Khader and Abdelaziz Lamrani. Youcef Khader is the pseudonym of Roger Vilatimo, a French spy novelists who published an enormous amount and under several pseudonyms. Algeria inspired Youcef Khader's spy book series are as such they undoubtedly form a part of Algerian spy and crime novels. Khader published six spy novels where the many perilous missions of Mourad Saber aka agent SM 15 unfold. Saber is 30, Algerian through and through meaning of course honourable, noble, fearless, stubborn and quite nuts. His past is explosive: he was an ANL fighter in the Aures region, then he was promoted to work for the Military Security (the SM) in counter-intelligence. His nickname is Shams El-Din, the sun's faith, oh yea! Mourad Saber is of course incredibly gifted: he speaks a wide range of languages with no accent, has an uncanny sixth sense for knowing without looking who's hidding and planning a thre
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