Korosko

Here they landed, and had a fatiguing camel ride across the desert to a place called Korosko, whence they continued it by water to Cairo.

Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

*** The novel tells the story of a group of Western tourists on a Nile cruiser called "Korosko" who are kidnapped during a desert trip by a jihadist cell of Dervishes, which was what the Sudanese zealots of the Mahdi were called in Conan Doyle's time.

The Nile, Then and Now Christian Rocca 2011

In "Korosko" you encounter jihadism, Osama Bin Laden-like characters, pirates, Western soldiers in a Muslim country, a debate over whether it is better to stay the course or withdraw the troops, conspiracy theories, British imperialism, France's smoky opposition to hyperpowers, and also Darfur.

The Nile, Then and Now Christian Rocca 2011

In "The Tragedy of Korosko," first published in 1898, he created a novel of eerie topicality.

The Nile, Then and Now Christian Rocca 2011

During the course of events, the Korosko is sacked by pirates as Dervishes behead some of the hostages and plan to sell the Western women at Khartoum's slave market.

The Nile, Then and Now Christian Rocca 2011

Corbis In 1898, Arthur Conan Doyle below wrote the eerily prescient "Tragedy of Korosko."

The Nile, Then and Now Christian Rocca 2011

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Tragedy of Korosko" tells a century-old tale of radical Islam and Western appeasement that's eerily familiar.

The Nile, Then and Now Christian Rocca 2011

From the village of Korosko, they would bypass the Second, Third, Fourth Cataracts and the great loop of the Nile, taking a 260-mile desert track to Abu Hamed.

Three Empires on the Nile Dominic Green 2007

General Graham walked them out of Korosko, then said good-bye.

Three Empires on the Nile Dominic Green 2007

From the village of Korosko, they would bypass the Second, Third, Fourth Cataracts and the great loop of the Nile, taking a 260-mile desert track to Abu Hamed.

Three Empires on the Nile Dominic Green 2007