Countdown – Episode 3

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 3
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.
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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.