In the late 13th century, a young Basque monk, Itzal, is sent on a seemingly meaningless mission--to gather the melodies to Troubadour songs. His qualifications? His ability to navigate the many languages of Provence, his crude knowledge of transcribing music, and his guitarra Latina. Along his journey he acquires companions: a dim monk, a converted Moor, a maimed jongleur, a restless young woman, a renegade German monk. Clever but unworldly, Itzal...