Halaakat Khaiz /ہلاکت خیز

Imran Series #100

by Ibn-e-Safi

180 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 1977

About the author

Ibn-e-Safi (also spelled as Ibne Safi) (Urdu: ابنِ صفی) was the pen name of Asrar Ahmad (Urdu: اسرار احمد), a best-selling and prolific fiction writer, novelist and poet of Urdu from Pakistan. The word Ibn-e-Safi is an Arabian expression which literally means Son of Safi, where the word Safi means chaste or righteous. He wrote from the 1940s in India, and later Pakistan after the partition of British India in 1947.

His main works were the 126-book series Jasoosi Dunya (The Spy World) and the 120-book Imran Series, with a small canon of satirical works and poetry. His novels were characterized by a blend of mystery, adventure, suspense, violence, romance and comedy, achieving massive popularity across a broad readership in South Asia.

More information about Ibn-e-Safi can be found on http://www.ibnesafi.info and http://www.wadi-e-urdu.com/

Most of the original first edition title images of his novels on goodreads.com were obtained from Wadi-e-Urdu.com website.

Reviews

[Shabana Mukhtar · Rating 5 out of 5]

Irrespecive of the title, and what rating I give, I love his work.
Ibn-e-safi, the person who introduced me to the world of suspense and thriller at young age of six (ish).
Growing up, it was a challenge to get hold of his books. Thanks to the people who put a lot of effort to digitize all his books.
Since past three years, i read all his 150+ books, Imran Series and Jasoosi Duniya, at least once in a quarter. Yes, that is how much I like his work. Sue me, if it is wrong.

[Haleema · Rating 5 out of 5]

When my mom first handed me this rusty book, I was skeptical to read a Pakistani Author's spy story. I had this stereotype fixed in my mind that Urdu writers just can not write mystery and action novels, they always fall in the cheesy quote worthy kind of novels category. But Ibn e Safi was able to completely shake my Sherlock obsessed English literature loving ass with his fast paced story, brilliant and crisp writing, witty dialogues, lovable characters and very carefully set plot. I was blown away. The best part about this story was how it had that mysterious feel to it. Many authors tend to make their characters into super humans rather than spies and write action adventure novels, calling it "spy mystery". As they say, a good author knows how to get you hooked, and after this book, I not only couldn't keep this series down but got interested into Urdu literature as a whole. The kick of humor and clumsiness coupled with drool worthy characteristics that Imran has, make his character more three dimensional. Another best part: all the sub plots and side characters are catered appropriately. This is very hard to find in many books, but hats off to the author for not leaving unanswered questions in this thin book and yet leaving me to crave for more.