1586: Shay O’Colmáin is a novice monk in an abbey in Killarney, Ireland, when he gives refuge to an itinerant harper pursued by the vicious new military governor of west Ireland, Sir Bingham. Bingham threatens to burn the abbey down if they don’t give up the harper, and Shay and the harper set out together on a path that will change Shay’s life forever--bringing them into conflict with the English and into the realm of the pirate queen, Grace O’Malley. Shay becomes her scribe, recording her adventures, joining dangerous exploits, and her devoted friend, while never losing connection with his spiritual roots.

Set amid the beginning of England’s ruthless oppression by England, and seen through the eyes of a young, innocent scholar, My Time with Granauile, or, The Scribe and the Pirate Queen, lifts an amazing woman out of the mists of legend and tells a tale of courage, of not giving up against overwhelming odds, and of loyalty and friendship that outlasts it all.