A party of British, American and French travellers on the Nile steamer Korosko rides out to view a rock in the desert near the Sudanese frontier, and is captured by Dervish raiders. Carried off across the sands, the captives quarrel, pray and plot while their escort’s nerve is tested. The book carries the imperial assumptions of 1898.
A tense adventure, also known as The Tragedy of the Korosko, by the creator of Sherlock Holmes. Download the free EPUB.