Otto Maurer
Names: Otto MaurerMaurerthe SwissSwiss photographerSwissBankAgentfakephotographer
First appears in Book 1: Intervention, chapter 38 (16)
Appearances
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What you know
Book 1: Intervention
- Ch 38Maurer is a confidential agent who investigated MacGregor's research for the PRD and reports its findings to them.
- Ch 38Maurer tried various avenues of influence on MacGregor, including bribery-style approaches, without conspicuous success; he says no licit way exists to stop MacGregor.
- Ch 40Swiss man posing as a Neue Zürcher Zeitung photographer; his Hasselblad camera was a weapon, and he was tackled and arrested.
- Ch 40Maurer screamed that MacGregor had opened Pandora's box, bringing ruin, chaos and anarchy.
- Ch 41A Swiss photographer screamed a doom warning at the Edinburgh demonstration and was hauled off by Scottish police; Denis suspects Swiss banking interests had motive against MacGregor.
Connections
- related toPRDconfidential agent reporting to the board
Key moments
- Book 1 · Ch 38Maurer reports on MacGregor to the PRD
In Zürich, Maurer shows the PRD documentary proof of MacGregor's clairvoyant viewing research and the planned 22 October media demonstration, warning it will destroy banking confidentiality. The directors are dismayed.
- Book 1 · Ch 38Reichenbach orders Maurer to stop MacGregor
Reichenbach, backed by the other directors, urges Maurer to find a way to stop or delay MacGregor's demonstration, calling MacGregor himself the key to the problem.
- Book 1 · Ch 40Alana exposes Maurer's weapon
Alana in Auckland views Maurer's verse, then sees his camera is a weapon. Journalists tackle him and smash it; he is arrested.