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BasedonthetroubadourculturethatroseinProvenceduringtheHighMiddleAges,thispanoramic,absorbingnovelbeautifullycreatesanalternateversionofthemedievalworld.Thematriarchal,culturedlandofArbonneisrentbyafeudbetweenitstwomostpowerfuldukes,thenobletroubadorBertrandeTalairandUrtedeMiraval,overlong-deadAelis,loverofone,wifeoftheotherandonceheirtothecountry'sthrone.TothenorthliesmilitaristicGorhaut,whoseinhabitantsworshipthemilitantgodCorannosandareruledbycorrupt,womanizingKingAdemar.Hischiefadvisor,thehighpriestofCorannos,isdeterminedtoirradicatetheworshipofafemaledeity,whosefollowerslivetothesouth.IntothiscauldronofbrewingdisastercomesthemysteriousGorhautmercenaryBlaise,whotakesservicewithBertranandavertsanattemptonhislife.TherevelationofBlaise'slineageandaclaimforsanctuarybyhissister-in-lawsetsthestageforabrutalclashbetweenthetwocultures.Intertwinedisthetaleofayoungwomantroubadourwhoserolesuggeststhesweepofthedramatocome.《亚波娜之歌》充分显示了作者盖伊·加夫里尔·凯一贯的高水准:这是一个庞大的吸引人的冒险,一个充满激情和宗教爱情以及对国家荣誉探索的故事——一部以艺术为根基的冒险作品:南方城市亚波娜,它的子民以和男神Corannon同等的地位礼拜着女神Rian。与之相对的,从它的北方邻国高浩特——一个只礼拜男神Corannon并且是把他作为战争之神礼拜的国度——来了一个年轻雇佣兵;这名佣兵的父亲是北国的主教,他一直企图侵略南国,并烧毁女神的信徒尤其是女牧师,然后以这燃烧的大火祭拜男神。他还控制高浩特新的年轻国王,并使其卖掉了北方边境来实现他可怕的野心……