New York Times best-selling writer Robert Venditti (SUPERMAN 78, PLANET DEATH) and powerhouse artist Trevor Hairsine (DCEASED, X-MEN) join forces for an essential new chapter in the ORDAINED mythos with an all-new, bone-crushing special. When his hired thugs fail to take down Father Roy, crime boss Cormac Byrne calls in the only man he can trust to finish the job the ruthless, hulking killer-for-hire known only as THE MACHINE. An unrestrained force of blue-collar brutality, THE MACHINE doesnt hesitate and he doesnt stop until the work is done. Meet the man tasked with cleaning up Byrnes mess and in this brutal, no-prisoners one-shot and witness how THE MACHINE takes care of his business.