The daughter of an Irish chieftain, raised in a time when England did not rule, Grania O'Malley bands together three clans in the struggle to hold her own- until the new governor of Ireland, Richard Bingham, moves to eliminate her once and for all.

In this sweeping saga based on true events, Grania must wage war as no man has ever done before- and confront the greatest woman of her age- Elizabeth Tudor, the Virgin Queen of England.