February 28, 1986. A confused old man is found wearing a dressing gown and slippers in the snow on Östermalmstorg in Stockholm. He talks incoherently about being in the wrong body at the wrong time and then warns that Olof Palme will be murdered. A few hours later, Sweden's Prime Minister was shot dead on Sveavägen in Stockholm.

The police go up in full alert and the old man is interrogated. How could he know about the assassination plans? The man refuses to say anything until he has spoken to a certain Elias Werner.

In their desperate search for clues, the police contact Elias Werner. He has no idea who the old man is or why he wants to talk to him in particular. Stunned and amazed, Elias accompanies him to the police station. What he doesn't know is that this is the beginning of an incredible adventure. Against his will, he will be transported forward in time to the year 2017.

Elias from 1986 must do everything to get back to his own time. It becomes a brutal hunt for the past in an alien future. Elias realizes that nothing in his life is what it seems. Old secrets are drawn to the surface. Bit by bit, the shocking truth about himself is revealed.

1986 is a breathtakingly exciting thriller by Jesper Ersgård. Hunted in time is the first book in the 1986 trilogy.

© 2023 Storytel Original (Audiobook): 9789180369473

Translators: Mikaela Hincks

Release date

Audiobook: April 14, 2023