Obelix encounters a young woman called Panacea in the village and falls in love, his heart is soon broken though when she learns that she is engaged already. Unfortunately, her fiancé has been press ganged into joining Caesar's legions. Asterix and Obelix vow to rescue him.
However, they soon discover that young Tragicomix has already been sent to fight in north Africa. Asterix and Obelix enlist themselves so they have a better chance of finding him...
This is one of the best Asterix stories, the running jokes throughout including the bemused Egyptian who can't understand why the hotel he thinks he has booked into has made him wear Roman uniform!
For once some of the Roman characters are the good guys and this adds a welcome change to the usual Asterix story plot.
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