The Pirate Queen

Grace O'Malley wants to captain a ship. She has the skill for it, but her noble family has other plans for the only daughter of a powerful chieftain: a strong alliance and children.

Sent to foster with a neighbouring clan, Grace falls for a clever, open-minded second son, a man she cannot have. Her family then marries her off against her will to a brutal warrior. She does her duty, gathers loyal followers, and builds up her husband's power.

Her reward is expulsion from his lands. The betrayal also gives her an opening to return to the water, and she takes command of clan O'Malley's fleet.

This historical adventure is inspired by the life of the Irish folk heroine Grace O'Malley and takes place in sixteenth-century Ireland. It moves at an action-driven pace and does not hide the harshness of the period.

Just as Grace gains real independence, Queen Elizabeth's incursions into Ireland grow bolder. English deputies, ruthless and hungry for power, want her influence curbed, and Grace has to defend her land, her ships and the people she loves.