Countdown – Episode 12: Mirrin Bank, Season One

A High-Octane Nordic Conspiracy Thriller.

Based on Countdown, winner of five international awards.

Copenhagen, in the days before Christmas. A letter from beyond the grave sends journalist Kurt Østergaard after the secret his stepfather never told him. Beneath a medieval church in Aarhus, a stone carved with Norse runes and Mayan glyphs is counting down. And somewhere in the city, someone is preparing for Friday – the day the Queen celebrates her Jubilee.

EPISODE 12

The day of the Queen's grand Jubilee celebration. The royal family is holding a breakfast at sea, 30,000 people are already waiting in Amalienborg Palace Square, an unannounced demonstration is on its way through Christianshavn – and at Copenhagen Police Station, Lillelund has just received the alarm from Nørreport.

In Greenland, Storm reaches the crater rim. What he sees down there has no business being there. But someone has seen him first – 1,800 miles from help.

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.

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 12 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.

© 2026 Forkbeard Publishing (Lydbog): 9788785624116

Oversættere: Sinéad Quirke Køngerskov

Udgivelsesdato

Lydbog: 22. oktober 2026