The Ministry for the Future

A Swiss government security officer recounts the process of moving Mary to a remote town in the Alps. The melting of glaciers is apparent even at this altitude. Mary and the team just miss being killed in a landslide likely engineered to assassinate Mary. The team is forced to move Mary again and to do so rapidly.

Mary’s security team takes her on a grueling trek over a glacier and through a mountain pass. Her journey ends in a secret Swiss air force base, where Mary is shocked to find herself in a meeting with the seven members of the Swiss executive branch (many of whom are former bankers). Mary learns of broad attacks on the UN agencies in Switzerland and the banks. Swiss banks, long used as tax havens for goods and funds stolen from victims of the Holocaust and the ill-gotten gains of criminals and embezzlers from governments, are not functioning because the attack cut off access to the identifying information of these account holders. This in turn is causing an economic panic.

The council argues that the attack on MftF and other institutions is an attack on Switzerland. Mary tells them it is an attack on the monetary system underwriting global capitalism, and if they are clever, they will use this crisis as an opportunity to become part of the

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