The Fear Bubble. Ant Middleton

      

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      First published by HarperCollinsPublishers 2019

      SECOND EDITION

      © Anthony Middleton 2019

      Cover design by Clare Ward © HarperCollinsPublishers 2020

      Cover photograph © Andrew Brown

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      Source ISBN: 9780008194680

      Ebook Edition © April 2020 ISBN: 9780008194697

      Version: 2020-03-06

DEDICATION

      For my wife and children, who have been there for me without fail: Emilie, Oakley, Shyla, Gabriel, Priseïs and Bligh. You give me the driving force to become the best version of myself and to want to succeed at everything I do. You really are my everything. Never forget that.

      CONTENTS

      1  Cover

      2  Title Page

      3  Copyright

      4  Dedication

      5  Contents

      6  PROLOGUE

      7  CHAPTER 1: TAMING THE GHOST OF ME

      8 CHAPTER 2: HOW TO HARNESS FEAR

      9  CHAPTER 3: THE ROAD TO CHOMOLUNGMA

      10  CHAPTER 4: THE MAGIC SHRINKING POTION

      11  CHAPTER 5: IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE LANKY BEEKEEPER

      12  CHAPTER 6: THE FEAR OF SUFFERING

      13  CHAPTER 7: THE ICEFALL

      14  CHAPTER 8: THE FEAR OF FAILURE

      15  CHAPTER 9: DEATH IS OTHER PEOPLE

      16  CHAPTER 10: THE FEAR OF CONFLICT

      17  CHAPTER 11: CONQUERING THE KING OF THE ROCKS

      18  CHAPTER 12: EVERYONE’S SECRET FEAR

      19  CHAPTER 13: REVENGE OF THE KING

      20  CHAPTER 14: THE OPPOSITE OF FEAR

      21  ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

      22  By the Same Author

      23  About the Publisher

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