A hideous monster named Grendel is terrorizing King Hrothgar's land, killing his best men. Can a strong, brave stranger named Beowulf defeat Grendel, when so many warriors have failed? In this action-packed retelling of Beowulf's adventures, the hero singlehandedly battles Grendel - and many other monsters, too. With powerful drawings and accessible language, this novelization brings the oldest existing epic in English to life for a new generation of readers.