What seventeen year-old doesn't dream of acquiring a ship and sailing the high seas, seeking adventure, and dodging pirates at every turn? Me. That's who. I was just an orphan girl from a tiny port town that isn't even on most maps, but now I'm the captain of an untrained crew on a ship held together by little more than prayers and luck. Add in a past dogging my steps and the looming threat of an epic war? What am I doing out here again? Guess it's time for me to step up. I just wish I knew what I was stepping into. The Pirate Horde is a wild, whimsical, and wordy coming-of-age tale full of adventure, high seas shenanigans, witty repartee, and one very confused and frustrated protagonist who's probably too smart(mouthed) for her own good.