"And how will it proceed now, Mr. van Gent...?" This question, so despised by television correspondents, posed by oblivious moderators, has prompted Werner van Gent to take a look into the future himself. The result is not for the faint-hearted. In the year 2031, most glaciers in Switzerland have melted, and the sun is behaving erratically. Furthermore, the connection of the Swiss franc to the renminbi proves to be anything but successful. As if that weren't enough, a refugee from South Waziristan wants to convert the Grossmünster in Zurich into a mosque with twin minarets! Unscrupulous politicians and their backers then see an opportunity to finally reintroduce the old feudal system. It is quite fitting that American tax investigators have discovered a huge treasure in a Zurich bank vault.