Countdown – Episode 1

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 1
On a summer's day in Tivoli, a woman sits on a bench nursing her baby when a pale, elderly man sits down beside her. In his hand, he holds a pistol.
Two and a half years later, journalist Kurt Østergaard finds an envelope in his mailbox – a greeting from a dead man.
Radiation expert Søren Storm is working his last day before Christmas vacation and is expecting his first child. A mailman in Copenhagen rides his route with thoughts that have nothing to do with mail. And in the basement beneath Rigshospital, a prisoner serving a life sentence for crimes against humanity is led in for radiation treatment under heavy guard.
This is where it begins. 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 1 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.