Retells, in graphic novel format, the legend of Grace O'Malley, who spent her life wishing to join the fight to keep Henry VIII's armies from invading her homeland of Ireland--only to be told again and again that the battlefield is no place for a woman. After English conspirators brutally murder her husband, Grace leads men into battle on the high seas and quickly gains a formidable reputation as the Pirate Queen of Ireland. Her newfound notoriety puts the lives of Grace and her entire family in danger and eventually leads to a confrontation with Queen Elizabeth I.