AWARD WINNER – Gold Medal, The International Review of Books 2025

A JOURNALIST. A RADIATION EXPERT. A LIBRARIAN.

AND A COUNTDOWN THAT BEGAN 5,000 YEARS AGO.

In Greenland, Storm drives alone into the ice-clad wilderness toward an extinct volcano, where Møller wants him to find something no satellite can see. No one knows he is being followed.

Kurt gets two calls within a few minutes – one from his French contact, one from Mejlhede – and by the time he gets into Frimand's car, he has a theory about what will happen tomorrow.

That same night, Birgitte wakes alone in the apartment to a sound she cannot place. And in Copenhagen, the Queen's big day dawns.

"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 11 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.