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SAS or Sas may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * ''SAS'' (novel series), a French book series by Gérard de Villiers * ''Shimmer and Shine'', an American animated children's television series * Southern All Stars, a Japanese rock band * Strong Arm Steady, an American hip hop group from California * ''Sunday All Stars'', a Philippine Sunday variety show from 2013 to 2015 * SAS (TV station), a television station in Adelaide, South Australia Organizations Military * An abbreviation for "Special Air Service" in various armed forces, including: ** Special Air Service, a special forces unit of the British Army ** Special Air Service Regiment, a special forces unit of the Australian Army ** 5th Special Air Service, a Belgian Second World War formation ** Canadian Special Air Service Company, a Canadian unit from 1947 to 1949 ** Free French Special Air Service, the predecessor unit of the French 1st Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment (1er RPIMa) ** New Zealand Specia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SAS (novel Series)
''Son Altesse Sérénissime'' (His Serene Highness) is a series of espionage novels created by French author Gérard de Villiers, featuring Austrian prince Malko Linge as the lead character. Since 2006, the novels have been published as comic books, though aimed chiefly at adults given their contents of violence and sex. Villiers's books have been bestsellers, making him a very wealthy man. The novel's title is a play on initials: ''Son Altesse Sérénissime'' (SAS) is the French version of "His Serene Highness" (HSH); and the British Special Air Service (SAS) is the principal special forces unit of the British Army. In 2014, Vintage Books posthumously published English versions of ''The Madmen of Benghazi'' and ''Chaos in Kabul,'' translated and adapted by William Rodarmor. The publisher released three other books in English through 2016. Background Gérard de Villiers was a correspondent for ''France-Soir'' and other newspapers. He began writing the ''SAS'' novels in 1964, when ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |