Cacofonix's tuneless singing always makes it rain - which is just what they want in Rajah Watzit's distant Eastern Kingdom. The guru Hoodunnit has threatened to end a terrible drought by sacrificing lovely Princess Orinjade.

Julius Caesar turns to phychological warfare...Tortuous Convolvulus the Roman agent is guaranteed to sow jealousy and discord anywhere.

A woman bard in Ancient Gaul? A shocking idea, but that is what the Gauls get when the mother of Asterix's village hire Bravura to teach their children.

The brave Iberians are holding out against Julius Caesar, like Asterix and his friends. So when Chief Huevos y Bacon's son is taken hostage, who better to rescue him than the Gauls?

Obelix is in love - but the beautiful Panacea is engaged to Tragicomix, a conscript in the Roman army. Who'd have expected to see Asterix in a legionary's uniform?

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