AWARD WINNER – IPPY Silver Medal 2025

A JOURNALIST. A RADIATION EXPERT. A LIBRARIAN.

AND A COUNTDOWN THAT BEGAN 5,000 YEARS AGO.

At the Danish National Archives, Kurt is unexpectedly handed the only thing Bjarne left behind there – a strange, heavy monitor. What on earth did Bjarne want with it?

Over dinner, Kurt's banker Frimand turns out to know surprisingly much about the Holy Grail – and about why a French count should be able to become king.

Meanwhile, the police are looking for the man with the ponytail and the Varian cap. No one knows who he is – or where he went.

"Conspiracies, terrorism, and a looming apocalypse unite in this breakneck thriller" – BookLife Reviews

"This Scandinavian caper offers plenty of hard-boiled tension" – Kirkus Reviews

"A gripping thriller that will appeal to fans of Dan Brown, Robert Ludlum, and Tom Clancy" – Literary Titan

"An action movie in book form" – Jyllands-Posten

New to Mirrin Bank? Start with episode 1 – the countdown has already begun. New episodes every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, and all 40 episodes will be out before Christmas 2026.

A high-octane Nordic conspiracy thriller. Mirrin Bank is a 40-episode audio series in three seasons, based on Johan Ottosen's Danish bestselling trilogy Countdown, Angels of the Apocalypse and Antichaos. Countdown has won five international awards, including an IPPY Silver Medal, Global Book Awards Silver and Bronze, and a Gold Medal from The International Review of Books. This is season one, Countdown, episode 3 of 13. Human-written by Johan Ottosen. Narrated by Liam Kessler. Free GPS locations for every scene at johanottosen.com.

This is a work of fiction. Although inspired by real events, all names, characters, businesses, places and incidents are either products of the author's imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is coincidental.