Have you ever found yourself trapped in a snowed in bunk house with only a can of beans, a shifty cow herding partner, and a bad habit?Abject d'Art is a collection of short stories written by Canadian Maritime author Richard K. Tobin that will appeal to 13 - 19 year old teenagers looking for a sense of adventure through ongoing battles with society and culture. Tobin has a unique way of filling each story with mystery and complex situations, leaving the reader thoroughly transfixed...

On Meg’s seventeenth birthday, she learns that she only has one year left to live. Her mentor—the Eternal Witch, Faust—explains that she is cursed and the only way to save herself is to grow a seed of life using one thousand tears of joy. Of course, such tears aren’t easy to come by. As Meg begins her quest, she finds herself drawn into the lives of her friends and neighbors in ways she never imagined. By sharing their burdens and using her magic to comfort them, she learns how precious th...

Tanya has won victory after victory on the battlefield, and still the Empire hurtles toward its destruction. Zettour stands at the helm, a warped sense of patriotism guiding his actions as he prepares the stage. His only goal now is to secure the best possible defeat the Empire can afford, even if it means going down in history as the greatest villain of all time. And to make that happen, he’ll do whatever it takes to shock and awe the world, starting with Ildoa. The time for diplomacy or ...

Anyone can tell that continuing the war is ludicrous. The question now is not whether to but how to end the war. Colonel Lergen has been working on brokering a truce in Ildoa for some time now, yet peace seems farther than ever. Bringing the war to a close in a way that everyone can stomach may be harder than surviving on the eastern front. In the meantime, people like General Rudersdorf and General Zettour are beginning to move in the shadows. If a resolution isn’t reached soon, things ar...

Time is not on the Empire’s side. It has become painfully clear that simply winning battles will not be enough to turn the tide of this war. Having no interest in sharing the fate of her country, Tanya immediately decides to do the only thing that makes sense—look for a new job! Of course, she’ll have to proceed with extreme caution, because her current employer isn’t some random company but the Imperial Army. As it happens, she isn’t the only one ready to do something drastic when push co...

HOW DO YOU BEAT THE GAME OF LOVE?Sora, Shiro, Steph, Jibril, and Emir-Eins find themselves somewhere completely unfamiliar: a Spratul, home of the ninth-ranked Ixseed, the Fairies. Next thing they know, a Fairy named Foeniculum shows up and announces that unless they partner up into couples, they’ll be trapped there forever…Oh, and the whole thing is being livestreamed. To emerge victorious, Sora must choose one of the four ladies as his girlfriend—but what if they simply pair off with one...

The Imperial Southern Continent Expeditionary Army Corps finally faces reality—their manpower and supplies won’t sustain their rapid advances much longer. And when the Imperial Army’s weak spot is exposed, an experienced commander like de Lugo will be quick to push his advantage and pin them down. Romel and Tanya fought like rabid dogs on the offense, but how will they fare when they’re backed into a kennel?!

TALK ABOUT BAD TIMING… It’s been a year since Sora and Shiro came to Disboard, where everything is decided by games. That very world is about to be split in two, and the pair has no idea how to prevent it! As if things couldn’t get any worse, Demonia picks that exact moment to make a grand appearance and threaten to obliterate Disboard. It’ll take a hero to fight this despair with hope: Sora, Shiro, and the gang aren’t exactly “heroes”…but they’ll head to the supposedly unbeatable Devil’s ...

A world governed entirely by games does not favor a timid, powerless race like Immanity, but it’s perfect for a pair of legendary shut-in gamers! Sora and Shiro are now king and queen of Elkia, the last bastion of Immanity. But saving a kingdom is no small task, and responsibility isn’t a game either sibling claims to have a high score in… Good thing the allure of more challenging contests (and sexy animal women) is all the motivation they need to set their sights on a new conquest—Immanit...

YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT’S IN THE CARDS… Before the creation of Disboard, a world where everything is decided by games, there raged a terrible war among the various races. The Immanity weren’t the only ones fighting to end that war, though-one Elf had her own plans: Whoever’s left standing after the world is destroyed is the winner! What tricks did Think Nirvalen have up her sleeve all those years ago? Who was actually pulling the strings behind the Great War? And did Nina Clive, Think’s overwo...

The Empire has long watered its fields with conflict, but now they are in for a flood—Tanya’s predicted World War has come at last. The Imperial pursuit follows Republican forces-in-exile to the deserts of the Southern Continent…Another front could mean another yearslong quagmire and another vast sacrifice of human resources. Or if Tanya and Major General Romel have their way, it might mean a swift advance and one more continent conquered…

The Imperial Army has allowed the Republicans to pull off their own version of Dunkirk right under its nose—and worse still, the General Staff doesn’t even seem to recognize the significance of what is happening. Tanya, determined to get to the bottom of her bosses’ sudden turn for the oblivious, flies to the imperial capital to see if she’s simply been left out of the loop on some master plan, but even her bleakest suspicions don’t hold up to what she finds there...