Chalus Chabrol, 1199. The Occitanian knights battle for their lives
against Richard the Lionheart. They are guarding the Blue Flame under
which all Occitanians must unite to resist invasion. But the knights
cannot survive and so it falls to Parsifal, young son of the knight
Bernard, to travel on alone and find the true keeper of the Flame. Yet
when Parsifal returns home, the Occitan is ablaze. Catholic Inquisitors
and Cathar heretics, far from uniting, are fighting each other for the
soul of the land and its people. To which sect does the Blue Flame
belong? Parsifal's path intertwines with Raimon, son of a Cathar weaver,
and Yolanda, daughter of a Catholic count. They are falling in love.
But in a time of hate, love is never left in peace. With family against
family, north against south and Catholic against Cathar, Raimon must
help Parsifal find the Blue Flame's true meaning before the Occitan is
destroyed.