It’s a race against time as New York Times best-selling writer Robert Venditti (Superman ‘78, Green Lantern) and powerhouse artist Doug Braithwaite (CONAN, JUSTICE) detonate the earth-shattering finale to their non-stop action thriller!COUNTDOWN TO ARMAGEDDON. Now aboard the cargo ship Turgenev, American special operative Trent and Russian sailor Stepan have escaped their underwater tomb. But their battle for survival is far from over. Because the Turgenev isn’t crewed by sailors, but a deadly band of Russian mercenaries hired to protect its lethal payload: a stockpile of nuclear weapons. Outmanned and outgunned, Trent and Stepan must rely on each other and every skill in their arsenal to avert a full-blown nuclear war. The fate of the world is in their hands.